Slender silver-biddy

The slender silver-biddy (Gerres oblongus) is a species of mojarra native to marine and brackish waters of coastal waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, far towards Vanuatu. It inhabits estuaries, coastal waters and lagoons. They inhabit at depths from 0 to 10 m (0 to 33 ft). This species can reach a length of 30 cm (12 in), with the average of 15 cm (5.9 in). This species is important to local commercial fisheries in many tropical countries.^[3]

Slender silver-biddy
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Gerreidae
Genus:	Gerres
Species:	G. oblongus
Binomial name
Gerres oblongus (Cuvier, 1830)
Synonyms
Equla oblongus (Cuvier, 1830) Gerres gigas Günther, 1862 Gerres macrosoma Bleeker, 1854 [2]