Gerres japonicus Bleeker, 1854
Japanese silver-biddy
碗米仔,  日本鑽嘴魚
Gerres japonicus
photo by Shao, K.T.

Family:  Gerreidae (Mojarras)
Max. size:  20 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine
Distribution:  Western Pacific: Japan and China, and probably southern Korea.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-7
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Occurrence not confirmed (Ref. 58476). Reported from northern (Tung-hsiao, Tai-chung, Lu-kang and Chang-hwa) Taiwan (Ref. 43515). Collected from a mangrove creek in Chu-Nan, northwestern Taiwan (Ref. 48455). Reported from the Penghu Islands (Ref. 43515, 55073). Also Ref. 559.


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