Silver biddy
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Silver biddies also spelled silver-biddies, is the name used to refer to bony fishes belonging to the Gerreidae family in the order Perciformes
. They are also known as Jerki (Sin) or Mudro (Bal). In French, silver biddies are known as blanches, and called mojarras in Spanish.
Fishes in the Gerreidae family that include "silver biddy" in their common names include:
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
. They are also known as Jerki (Sin) or Mudro (Bal). In French, silver biddies are known as blanches, and called mojarras in Spanish.
Fishes in the Gerreidae family that include "silver biddy" in their common names include:
- Gerres equulus, Japanese silver-biddy
- Gerres filamentosus or Gerres filamentosis (Cuvier, 1829), also known as Gerres punctatus (Cuvier, 1830), Pertica filamentosa (Munro, 1955) and Gerres macracanthus (Bleeker, 1854). G. filamentosus is known as Whipfin silver biddy or Long-rayed silver biddy in English, as Blanche fil in French and as Mojarra del hebra in Spanish.
- Gerres methueni, Striped silver biddy
- Gerres oyena (Forsskål , 1775), also known as Lined silver biddy and Common silver biddyCommon Silver BiddyThe Common silver biddy or Gerres oyena is a silver biddy fish found in the coastal waters of Southern Japan. A species of bony fish belonging to the genus Gerres within the Gerreidae family.-Reproduction:...
in English, as Blanche commune in French and as Mojarra común in Spanish. - Gerres poieti (Cuvier, 1829), also known as Strongspine silver biddy in English, Blanche armée in French and Mojarra espinuda in Spanish.
- Gerres setifer, Small Bengal silver-biddy
- Gerres subfasciatusGerres subfasciatusGerres subfasciatus , commonly known as Silver biddy, is a species of bony fish belonging to the genus Gerres within the Gerreidae family.-Description:...
- Pentaprion longimanus (Cantor, 1850), also known as Longfin silver-biddy in English, as Blanche à pagaies in French and Mojarra alona in Spanish.
- Parequula melbournensis or Melbourne Silver BiddyMelbourne Silver BiddyThe Melbourne Silver Biddy or Parequula melbournensis, commonly known as Silver biddy, is a species of bony fish belonging to the genus Parequula within the Gerreidae family. It is found in the waters of southern Australia.-Description:...
, a species similar to G. subfasciatus