Species Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier, 1830
Common Silverbiddy, Common Silver Belly, Common Silverbelly, Ovate Silverbiddy, Roach, Silver Biddy, Silver-belly, Silverbelly, Silverbiddy, Southern Silverbiddy
- Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 6 559 pp. pls 141-169. [477].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 9479, Port Jackson, NSW.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP 9478, Port Jackson, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
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 [177, 183]. - Gerres ovatus Günther, A. 1859. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 524 pp. [343, pl. 20(A)].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1847.7.7.21.49, Australia.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 2005.11.2.2.Subsequent designation references:
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 [177, 183].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [194]
- 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 [177]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Albany, WA (118°09'E) through northern and eastern Australia to Metung, VIC (147°51'E); tropical, temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Hutchins, B. 2004. Fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 343–398 [391]
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [320]
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [136]
- Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [360] (as Gerres ovatus)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, inshore, mud bottom-marine, sand bottom marine, silt bottom-marine, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Extending into upper tidal regions of rivers.
General References
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [197] (as Gerres ovatus)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [216] (and as Gerres ovatus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [45] (1163)
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. [2960]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1980. Australian Sea Fishes South of 30ºS. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 309 pp. [159] (Ovate Silverbiddy, Silverbelly)
Edgar, G.J. 2000. Australian Marine Life: the plants and animals of temperate waters. Sydney : Reed New Holland Revised Edn, 544 pp. [451] (Silverbiddy)
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [197] (Common Silverbelly)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [196] (Common Silver Belly, Silver Biddy)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [243] (Silver-belly)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Common Silverbiddy)
Thomson, J.M. 1978. A Field Guide to the Common Sea & Estuary Fishes of Non-tropical Australia. Sydney : Collins 144 pp. [128] (Common Silverbiddy)
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. [2960] (FAO) (Southern Silverbiddy)
History of changes
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| 05-Dec-2012 | 05-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |