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Bony fish

Common Silverbiddy

Gerres oyena

Also known as: Blacktip Silverbelly, Blacktip Silverbiddy, Black-tipped Silverbiddy, Common Mojarra, Cotton Silverbiddy, Darnley Island Silverbelly, Longtail Silverbelly, Oceanic Silverbiddy, Oyena Mojarra, Pacific Silverbiddy, Pursemouth, Shining Silverbiddy, Silverbelly, Silverbiddy, Singapore Silverbiddy, Slender Silverbelly, Slender Silverbiddy, Slenderspine Pursemouth

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
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Adult
@neanderthal · in my own bungalow, Thailand · February 20141 / 3
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Overview

Found singly, or in small schools, over sandy bottoms of sheltered waters, in estuaries and coastal lagoons.
Widespread Indo Pacific

Deep bodied fish with huge expandable mouths usually found over sand swimming slowly in a stop start motion while searching for small invertebrates.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Fins & Tail
black fin tips
Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 3
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Found singly, or in small schools, over sandy bottoms of sheltered waters, in estuaries and coastal lagoons.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyGerreidae
    6. genusGerres
    7. speciesGerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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