Gerres filamentosus

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Mojarras ; Marine species that may enter lakes [1] and lower freshwater reaches of rivers [2]. Juveniles are found in brackish mangrove estuaries and sometimes enter fresh water [3]. Inhabits shallow water over sandy substrates along the coasts and in estuaries[4]. Feeds on small crustaceans, polychaetes and forams on sand or muddy-sand bottoms [2], worms and insect larvae[4]. Salted or made into fish sauce.

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,256 meters (0 to 4,121 feet).[5]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Gerres macracanthus Bleeker • Gerres punctata Cuvier • Gerres punctatus Cuvier • Pertica filamentosa (Cuvier • Sparus edentulus Günther

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 30-Jan-1997

Similar Species

Members of the genus Gerres

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 48 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. abbreviatus (Short Silverbelly) · G. acinaces (Smallscale Pursemouth) · G. akazakii (Japanese Tenspined Silver-Biddy) · G. argyreus (Black-Tip Silverbelly) · G. aureolus (Golden Mojarra) · G. axillaris (Black Axillary Mojarra) · G. baconensis (Scaly Snouted Silver-Biddy) · G. brasilianus (Mojarra Del Brasil) · G. brevimanus (Short Fin Mojarra) · G. chrysops (Gold Sheen Silver-Biddy) · G. cinereus (Dark-Barred Mojarra) · G. decacanthus (Small Chinese Silver-Biddy) · G. equulus (Japanese Silver-Biddy) · G. erythrourus (Deep-Bodied Silver-Biddy) · G. filamentosus (Filamentous Mojarra) · G. gerres (Black-Tipped Silver-Biddy) · G. gula (Common Mojarra) · G. infasciatus (Nonbanded Whipfin Mojarra) · G. japonicus (Japanese Silver-Biddy) · G. jonesii (Slender Mojarra) · G. kapas (Singapore Silver-Biddy) · G. limbatus (Black-Tipped Mojarro) · G. longirostris (Strong-Spined Silver-Biddy) · G. decacanthus (Saddleback Silver-Biddy) · G. macracanthus (Long-Rayed Mojarra) · G. baconensis (Large-Bodied Silver-Biddy) · G. melanopterus (Flagfin Mojarra) · G. melbournensis (Silverbelly) · G. methueni (Striped Silver Biddy) · G. microphthalmus (Small-Eyed Whipfin Mojarra) · G. nigri (Guinean Striped Mojarra) · G. oblongus (Slender-Bodied Silver-Biddy) · G. ovatus (Common Silverbelly) · G. oyena (Black-Tipped Silver-Biddy) · G. periche (Periche Mojarra) · G. peruvianus (Peruvian Mojarra) · G. phaiya (Strong Spined Silver-Biddy) · G. plumieri (Striped Mojarra) · G. poeti (Strong-Spined Silver-Biddy) · G. poieti (Strong-Spined Silver-Biddy) · G. rappi (Evenfin Pursemouth) · G. rhombeus (Rhomboid Mojarra) · G. ryukyuensis (Ryukyu Banded Silver-Biddy) · G. setifer (Small Bengal Silver-Biddy) · G. shima (Banded Silver-Biddy) · G. silaceus (Malayan Silver-Biddy) · G. singaporensis (Crevice Kelpfish) · G. subfasciatus (Common Silver Belly)

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Further Reading

• ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 508.
• A collection of fishes from Sumatra / by Henry W. Fowler. Philadelphia: [s.n.], 1904. url , p. 530.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 455, p. 486.
• Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc., South African Museum, etc.] url p. 57.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 227, p. 248.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 272.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 261.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1862. url p. 261.
• Check-list of species of fishes known from the PhilippineArchipelago, by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson. Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1910. url p. 31.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 87.
• Fishes of the Crane Pacific expedition, by Albert W. Herre. 21 1936 Chicago, 1936. url p. 19, p. 206, p. 208, p. 465.
• Fishes. By Francis Day. London: Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.], 1889. url p. 537.
• Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1817-1918. url , p. 530.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 361, p. 407.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , p. 185, p. 203, p. 212.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 42, p. 501, p. 664, p. 7.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 39, p. 698, p. 885.
• Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 339.
• Spolia zeylanica. S.l.: s.n. url p. 62.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 25.
• The Great Barrier Reef of Australia: its products and potentialities / by W. Saville-Kent; containing an account, with copious coloured and photographic illustrations. .. of the corals and coral reefs, pearl and pearl-shell, bêche-de-mer, other fishing industries, and t London: W.H. Allen, [1893?] url p. 283.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 603.
• The fisheries of the oriental region / Sydney: F. Cunninghame & Co., general printers, [between 1887 and 1890] url p. 21.
• The fishes of India: being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma and Ceylon / by Francis Day. London: B. Quaritch, [1875]-1878. url p. 97, p. 98.
• The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. London, B. Quaritch, 1878-88. url .
• The fishes of Malabar / by Francis Day. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1865. url p. 159.
• The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. [By David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale]. .. 1906 Washington, Government print off., 1906. url p. 272.
• The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L.F. de Beaufort. Leiden, E.J. Brill, Ltd., 1911- url p. 182.
• The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 508.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
• Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Fishes

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3863722
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30982
• Fishbase Species ID: 4463
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13535128
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 169041
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 111151

Footnotes

1. Roux, C. (1986). Gerridae. p. 325-326. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. [back]
2. Woodland, D. (2001). Gerreidae. Silver-biddies. p. 2946-2960. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae t ... [back]
3. Allen, G.R. (1991). Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. [back]
4. Rainboth, W.J. (1996). Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. [back]
5. Mean = -622.870 meters (-2,043.537 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,439.420 based on 464 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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