Slender silver-biddy

The Slender silver-biddy (Gerres oblongus) is a species of mojarra native to marine and brackish waters of coastal waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, far towards Vanuatu. It inhabits estuaries, coastal waters and lagoons. They inhabit at depths from 0 to 10 m (0 to 33 ft). This species can reach a length of 30 cm (12 in), with the average of 15 cm (5.9 in). This species is important to local commercial fisheries in many tropical countries.[3]

Slender silver-biddy

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gerreidae
Genus: Gerres
Species:
G. oblongus
Binomial name
Gerres oblongus
(Cuvier, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Equla oblongus (Cuvier, 1830)
  • Gerres gigas Günther, 1862
  • Gerres macrosoma Bleeker, 1854 [2]

References
  1. Munroe, T.A.; Greenfield, D. & Williams, I. (2016). "Gerres oblongus (errata version published in 2017)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T68324675A115456583. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. http://eol.org/pages/219554/names/synonyms
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Gerres oblongus" in FishBase. March 2015 version.


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