Gerres decacanthus, Small Chinese silver-biddy

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Gerres decacanthus (Bleeker, 1864)

Small Chinese silver-biddy
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Gerreidae (Mojarras)
Etymology: Gerres: Latin, gerres = a kind of anchovies; cited by Plinius.
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 1 - 10 m (Ref. 39283). Subtropical

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Asia: Xiamen to the Xisha Archipelago, southern China.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30392); max. published weight: 9.99 g (Ref. 124712)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Body silvery. Supraneural bones 2. Caudal fin lobes somewhat pointed (Ref. 39283).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in shallow, coastal sandy and muddy areas associated with freshwater basins (Ref. 30392).

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Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino, 1999. Description of Gerres chrysops sp.nov. from Thailand and redescription of Gerres setifer (Hamilton, 1822) and G. decacanthus (Bleeker, 1865) (Perciformes: Gerreidae). Ichthyol. Res. 46(1):27-41. (Ref. 30392)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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