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Gerres decacanthus (Bleeker, 1864)

Small Chinese silver-biddy
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Common names: Small Chinese silver-biddy, 十刺銀鱸, 十刺银鲈
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Xiamen (=Amoy) to the Xisha Archipelago in southern China. Museum: Xiamen (=Amoy), Fujian, RMNH 1502 (holotype of D. decacanthus); SFU 3432, A22472. Guangdong: Guanghai, SFU 56-646, 56-648, 56-652, 56-653, 56-649; Shanwei, SFU 56-2700; Naozhou I., SFU SH14390. Yongxing I., Xisha Arch., SFU 3433 (Ref. 30392).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

十刺银鲈, Cá Móm, 十棘银鲈, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Gerreidae (Mojarras)
Etymology: Gerres: Latin, gerres = a kind of anchovies; cited by Plinius.
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 1 - 10 m (Ref. 39283).   Subtropical

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