Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829 is a animal in the Gerreidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829

Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829

Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829 is a ray-finned fish native to waters from Africa/Madagascar east to Japan, Australia, and New Caledonia.

Family
Genus
Gerres
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829

Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829, commonly known as the whipfin silver-biddy, flagfin mojarra, or threadfin silver belly, is a ray-finned fish. Its native range extends from the coastlines of Africa and Madagascar eastward to Japan, Australia, and New Caledonia.

Photo: (c) H.T.Cheng, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by H.T.Cheng · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Gerreidae Gerres

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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