Longtail Silverbiddy
Gerres longirostris
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Gerreidae
- Genus
- Gerres
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 15 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 9 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 9 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 8 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 11 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 63 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 13 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 24 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 8 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 4 records
- Eilat, Israel - 5 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 5 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 5 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records