longtail silver biddy
Gerres longirostris
- Usual depth0–12 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, July, and October
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Gerres is a genus of mojarras found mostly in coastal regions from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific. A single species, G. simillimus, is from the East Pacific. They mainly inhabit salt and brackish waters, but will enter fresh water.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 17 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 11 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 11 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–12 m · Deepest record: 12 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- longtail silver biddy, Longtail Silverbiddy, Longtail silverbiddy, Strongspine silver-biddy, Scimitar Silver-biddy, Smallscale Pursemouth, Small-scale Silverbelly, strongspine silver-biddy
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- Mojarra Espinuda, Mojarra Timonera
- French
- Blanche armée, Blanche armée, Blanche goubernail, Blanche gouvernail, Gerres, Blanche goubernail, Breton, Gerres, Poisson blanc
- Japanese
- Tsupparisagi, ツッパリサギ
Other scientific names: Diapterus poieti, Gerres acinaces, Gerres darnleyense, Gerres darnleyensis, Gerres lineolatus, Gerres longicaudus, Gerres poeti, Gerres poieti, Gerres poietie, Gerres rueppellii, Labrus longirostris, Sparus britannus, Xystaema darnleyense, Xystaema poieti
Similar species
- deep-bodied mojarra
Gerres erythrourus
- Whipfin silver-biddy
Gerres filamentosus
- Long-rayed Mojarra
Gerres macracanthus
- Slender silver-biddy
Gerres oblongus
- Common silver-biddy
Gerres oyena
- Longfin Mojarra
Pentaprion longimanus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 2,332 open-data records from 1924 to 2023.
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