Banded silver-biddy (Gerres shima)

Scientific name: Gerres shima Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2007

The Banded silver-biddy (Gerres shima) is a brackish-water fish of the family Gerreidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Gerres shima
Family
Gerreidae (Mojarras)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
11.8
Environment
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: currently known only from the Andaman Sea, Malay Peninsula, Gulf of Thailand, Java, Sulawesi, Maluk Is., southern China (southward from Hong Kong), Southwestern Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Ryukyu Is., Japan
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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