Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Gerreidae > Gerres > Gerres oblongus

Gerres oblongus (oblong silverbiddy; Elongate silver-biddy; Largebodied silverbiddy; Large-bodied silver-biddy; Mojarra; Oblong mojarra; Oblong pursemouth; Oblong silverbelly; Oblong-mojarra; Slender silverbiddy; Slender silver-biddy; Slender-bodied silver-biddy; Silver-biddy)

Synonyms: Equla oblongus; Gerres gigas; Gerres macrosoma
Language: Afrikaans; Agutaynen; Bikol; Carolinian; Cebuano; Chavacano; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; Hiligaynon; Ilokano; Japanese; Kannada; Kapampangan; Kiribati; Kumak; Mahl; Malay; Malayalam; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Marathi; Marshallese; Palauan; Portuguese; Samoan; Spanish; Swahili; Tagalog; Tamil; Vietnamese; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Coitocaecum gerris[1]
Metahaliotrema subancistroides[1]
Protogyrodactylus fissilis[1]
Protogyrodactylus sprostonae[1]
Protogyrodactylus youngi[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, 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