Gerres filamentosus Flagfin Mojarra, Threadfin Silver Belly, Threadfin Silver Biddy, Thread-fin Silver-belly, Whipfin Silverbelly, Whipfin Silverbiddy, Whipfin Silver-biddy

Gerres filamentosus is commonly referred to as Flagfin Mojarra, Threadfin Silver Belly, Threadfin Silver Biddy, Thread-fin Silver-belly, Whipfin Silverbelly, Whipfin Silverbiddy, Whipfin Silver-biddy . Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11724 

AphiaID:

218524 

Scientific:

Gerres filamentosus 

German:

Mojarra, Silberling 

English:

Flagfin Mojarra, Threadfin Silver Belly, Threadfin Silver Biddy, Thread-fin Silver-belly, Whipfin Silverbelly, Whipfin Silverbiddy, Whipfin Silver-biddy  

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gerreidae (Family) > Gerres (Genus) > filamentosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1829 

Occurrence:

Sudan, Kuwait, Djibouti, Eritrea, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Fiji, India, Indo Pacific, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Vanuatu, Vietnam 

Sea depth:

1 - 50 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1,5cm - 3,5cm) 

Temperature:

78.8 °F - 84.2 °F (26°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Clam meat, Crustaceans, Foraminifers, Insects, Jellyfish, Sediment feeder, Snails, Turbellaria ("Planaria"), Worms 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Gerres akazakii
• Gerres baconensis
• Gerres chrysops
• 
  Gerres cinereus
  Silberling
• Gerres decacanthus
• Gerres equulus
• Gerres erythrourus
• 
  Gerres filamentosus
  Mojarra, Silberling
• Gerres infasciatus
• Gerres japonicus
• Gerres limbatus
• 
  Gerres macracanthus
  Mojarra
• Gerres maldivensis
• Gerres methueni
• 
  Gerres microphthalmus
  Mojarra, Silberling
• Gerres mozambiquensis
• Gerres nigri
• 
  Gerres oblongus
  Schlanker Silberling
• 
  Gerres oyena
  Mojarra, Silberling
• Gerres phaiya
• Gerres ryukyuensis
• Gerres septemfasciatus
• Gerres setifer
• Gerres shima
• Gerres silaceus
• Gerres simillimus
• Gerres subfasciatus
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Gerres longirostris
  Langschwanz-Silberling

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-10-12 08:50:07 

Last edit:

2018-10-12 09:31:15 

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