Pomadasys argenteus

Body ovate; head profile almost straight. Mouth small; lips not thickened; two pores and a central groove under the chin. No antrorse spine before the dorsal fin origin; notch between the spinous and soft-rayed portion of the dorsal fin shallow. Color is generally silver-mauve to fawn above, white below. Small specimens with numerous spots aligned horizontally or fused into horizontal lines; large specimens plain or with scattered charcoal scale spots on back and upper sides; the snout is dark brown; the upper operculum charcoal or purplish.

• Pristipoma nageb Rüppell, 1838
• Pristipoma manadense Günther, 1872
• Pomadasys hasta (Bloch, 1790)
• Pomodasys argenteus (Forsskål, 1775)
• Pomodasys hasta (Bloch, 1790)
• Sciaena argentea Forsskål, 1775
• Pristipoma argenteum (Forsskål, 1775)
• Polotus nitidus Blyth, 1858
• Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790
• Coius gudgutia Hamilton, 1822
• Lutjanus microstomus Lacepède, 1802
• Pristipoma chrysobalion Cuvier, 1830
• Pristipoma hasta (Bloch, 1790)