WoRMS taxon details

Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859

151456  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151456)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Description Chiefly marine. In brackish water occasionally; rare in freshwater. Distribution: most tropical seas. Very protractile...  
Description Chiefly marine. In brackish water occasionally; rare in freshwater. Distribution: most tropical seas. Very protractile mouth. Head scaly but with smooth upper surface. Dorsal and anal fins with a sheath of scales along base. Gill membranes not united to isthmus. Deeply forked tail.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151456 on 2024-11-10
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2005-04-06 10:22:32Z
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2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
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2021-06-30 12:05:15Z
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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Description Chiefly marine. In brackish water occasionally; rare in freshwater. Distribution: most tropical seas. Very protractile mouth. Head scaly but with smooth upper surface. Dorsal and anal fins with a sheath of scales along base. Gill membranes not united to isthmus. Deeply forked tail.  [details]
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English mojarras  [details]
Japanese クロサギ科  [details]