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Gerres setifer (Hamilton, 1822)

Small Bengal silver-biddy
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Common names: Bainge, Black-tipped mojarro, Charbat
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino, 1999
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Hooghly estuaries and east coast of India (Ref. 45255). This is of minor interest to fishery in the Hooghly estuary (West Bengal) and the Chilka lake, Orissa (Ref. 4833, 29108). Museum: Ganges river, BMNH 1858.8.15.78 (holotype of G. altispinis Günther, 6.15 cm SL) (Ref. 30392).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Kapas payau, Jarki, Matu, ... 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: Hamilton.

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

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - 10 m (Ref. 39283).   Tropical

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