whipfin silver-biddy

Gerres filamentosus

Thirty Nine Centimeters Gerreid Fish of Japanese Waters

Silver
Tropical
Transcontinental
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
West Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Gerres filamentosus, the whipfin silver-biddy, flagfin mojarra or threadfin silver belly, is a ray-finned fish native to the coastline of Africa and Madagascar east to Japan, Australia and New Caledonia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Gerreidae
Genus: Gerres
Maximum length: 39 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar to Japan and Australia; New Caledonia (Ref. 26587 ) and Vanuatu (Ref. 13300 ). Enters rivers and lakes in Madagascar and the east coast of Africa. Not in the Middle East (Ref. 103159 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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