Silver biddies (singular: silver biddy), also spelled silver-biddies, is the name used to refer to

bony fish Osteichthyes (), popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes, which have skeletons primarily composed of cartilag ...

es belonging to the family

Gerreidae The mojarras are a family, Gerreidae, of fish in the order Perciformes. The family includes about 53 species found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate regions. They mostly inhabit coastal salt and brackish waters, although some occur in fre ...

in the order Perciformes. They are also known as jerki (Sin) or mudro (Bal). Silver biddies are known as ''blanches'' in French and ''

mojarras The mojarras are a family, Gerreidae, of fish in the order Perciformes. The family includes about 53 species found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate regions. They mostly inhabit coastal salt and brackish waters, although some occur in fre ...

'' in Spanish. tp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/r7066e/r7066e13.pdf Gerreidae Bony Fishes, ftp.fao.org Fishes in the family Gerreidae that include "silver biddy" in their common names include: *''

Gerres equulus The Japanese silver-biddy (''Gerres equulus'') is a species of mojarra native to the coastal waters of the western Pacific Ocean from southern Korea to southern Japan, though it does not occur around the Ryukyu Islands. This species can reach i ...

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Japanese silver-biddy The Japanese silver-biddy (''Gerres equulus'') is a species of mojarra native to the coastal waters of the western Pacific Ocean from southern Korea to southern Japan, though it does not occur around the Ryukyu Islands. This species can reach ...

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Gerres filamentosus ''Gerres filamentosus'', the whipfin silver-biddy, flagfin mojarra or threadfin silver belly, is a fish native to the coastline of Africa and Madagascar east to Japan, Australia and New Caledonia. References Fish of Australia Fish of Thai ...

'' or '' Gerres filamentosis'' (Cuvier, 1829), also known as '' Gerres punctatus'' (Cuvier, 1830), '' Pertica filamentosa'' (Munro, 1955) and ''

Gerres macracanthus ''Gerres'' is a genus of mojarras found mostly in coastal regions from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific. A single species, ''G. simillimus'', is from the East Pacific. They mainly inhabit salt and brack ...

'' (Bleeker, 1854). G. filamentosus is known as whipfin silver biddy or long-rayed silver biddy in English, as '' blanche fil'' in French and as '' mojarra del hebra'' in Spanish. *''

Gerres methueni ''Gerres'' is a genus of mojarras found mostly in coastal regions from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific. A single species, ''G. simillimus'', is from the East Pacific. They mainly inhabit salt and brack ...

'', striped silver biddy *''

Gerres oyena The common silver-biddy (''Gerres oyena''), also known as the blacktip silver biddy, Darnley Island silverbelly, longtail silverbiddy, oceanic silver biddy, shining silver-belly or slender silver belly, is a species of mojarra native to marine a ...

'' (Forsskål, 1775), also known as lined silver biddy and common silver biddy in English, as '' blanche commune'' in French and as '' mojarra común'' in Spanish. *'' Gerres poieti'' (Cuvier, 1829), also known as strongspine silver biddy in English, '' blanche armée'' in French and '' mojarra espinuda'' in Spanish. *''

Gerres setifer ''Gerres'' is a genus of mojarras found mostly in coastal regions from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific. A single species, ''G. simillimus'', is from the East Pacific. They mainly inhabit salt and brack ...

'', small Bengal silver-biddy *''

Gerres subfasciatus ''Gerres subfasciatus'', the common silver belly roach, ovate silver biddy,, common silverbiddy or Southern silver biddy, is a species of mojarra native to Indian and Pacific coastal waters of Australia. Description It can be identified by its s ...

'' *'' Pentaprion longimanus'' (Cantor, 1850), also known as longfin silver-biddy in English, as '' blanche à pagaies'' in French and '' mojarra alona'' in Spanish. *'' Parequula melbournensis'' or Melbourne silver biddy, a species similar to ''G. subfasciatus''

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