Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Gerreidae > Gerres > Gerres filamentosus

Gerres filamentosus (Filamentous mojarra; Flagfin mojarra; Long-rayed silver biddy; Majorras; Threadfin pursemouth; Threadfin silver belly; Threadfin silverbelly; Threadfin silverbiddy; Threadfin silver-biddy; Whipfin mojarra; Whipfin mojorra; Whipfin silver biddy; Whipfin silverbelly; Whipfin silverbiddy; Whipfin silver-biddy; Whiptail silver-biddy; Mojarra; Silver-biddy; Long-rayed mojarra)

Synonyms: Gerres philippinus; Gerres punctata; Gerres punctatus; Pertica filamentosa; Sparus edentulus (heterotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

Gerres filamentosus, commonly known as the whipfin silver-biddy, is a fish native to the coastline of Africa and Madagascar east to Japan, Australia and New Caledonia.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Prey / Diet

Hiatula lunulata[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Gerres longirostris (Strongspine silver-biddy)1
Gerres methueni (Evenfin pursemouth)1
Gerres oyena (glined silverbelly)1

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2THE FEEDING ECOLOGY OF GERREIDAE (TELEOSTEI) IN THE KOSI SYSTEM, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR SEASONAL DIET, D.P. Cyrus and S.J.M. Blaber, The Lammergeyer 32, January 1984, p. 35-49
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0