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Gerres methueni (Evenfin pursemouth; Striped silver biddy; Silver-biddy; Longtail silverbiddy)

Synonyms: Gerres longirostris (heterotypic); Gerres rappi; Xystaema rappi
Language: Afrikaans; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Portuguese

Prey / Diet

Brachidontes virgiliae (brack-water mussel)[1]
Hiatula lunulata[1]
Pseudodiaptomus stuhlmanni[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Chelon richardsonii (Mullet)1
Gerres filamentosus (Filamentous mojarra)1
Gerres longirostris (Strongspine silver-biddy)1
Gerres oyena (glined silverbelly)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1THE 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
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