Family GERREIDAE

Gerreidae

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Parequula melbournensis (Castelnau, 1872)

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Introduction

Gerreids occur worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal marine and estuarine environments. Currently, eight genera and about 44 species are recognised (Nelson 2006), with three genera and 10 species from Australia.

Silverbiddies are distinctive in having a highly protrusible mouth. They reach a maximum length of 35 cm.

The Indo-Pacific species of the family have not been reviewed, but many have been studied in a series of papers by Iwatsuki and his colleagues (see Iwatsuki et al. 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2012; Iwatsuki & Kimura 1997); these works are followed here. Woodland (2001) treated a number of species, some under different names from those used here. Also, he did not record some species from Australia that are included here. Further work is needed to verify the Australian fauna.

General References

Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1212]

Iwatsuki, Y., Kimura, S., Kishimoto, H. & Yoshino, T. 1996. Validity of the gerreid fish, Gerres macracanthus Bleeker, 1854, with designation of a lectotype, and designation of a neotype for G. filamentosus Cuvier, 1829. Ichthyological Research 43(4): 417-429 figs 1-4

Iwatsuki, Y., Kimura, S. & Yoshino, T. 1998. Redescription of Gerres erythrourus (Bloch, 1791), a senior synonym of G. abbreviatus Bleeker, 1850 (Teleostei : Perciformes: Gerreidae). Copeia 1998(1): 165-172 fig. 1

Iwatsuki, Y., Kimura, S. & Yoshino, T. 1999. Redescription of Gerres baconensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907), G. equulus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 and G. oyena Forskål, included in the "G. oyena" complex with notes on other related species (Perciformes: Gerreidae). Ichthyological Research 46(4): 377-393

Iwatsuki, Y., Pogonoski, J.J. & Last, P. 2012. Revision of the genus Parequula (Pisces: Gerreidae) with a new species from southwestern Australia. Zootaxa 3425: 42-54

Iwatsuki, Y. & Kimura, S. 1997. Gerres methueni Regan, 1920, a senior synonym of G. rappi (Barnard, 1927) (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gerreidae). Ichthyological Research 44(1): 1-7 figs 1-2

Iwatsuki, Y. Kimura, S. & Yoshino, T. 2007. A review of the Gerres subfasciatus complex from the Indo-West Pacific, with three new species (Perciformes: Gerreidae). Ichthyological Research 54: 168-185

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp.

Ogilby, J.D. 1888. On a new genus of Percidae. Proceeding of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1887(4): 616-618 [616 fig]

Woodland, D.J. 2001. Gerreidae. pp. 2946-2960 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.

Common Name References

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [597] (Mojarras, Silver Biddies)

Pollard, J. (ed.) 1980. G.P. Whitley's Handbook of Australian Fishes. North Sydney : Jack Pollard Publishing Pty Ltd 629 pp. [168] (Silverbellies)

Whitley, G.P. 1948. A list of the fishes of Western Australia. Western Australia Fish Department. Fisheries Bulletin 2: 1-35 map [21] (Silver-bellies)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [247] (Silverbiddies)

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