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Longtail Silverbiddy
Gerres longirostris
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Longtail Silverbiddy
- Scientific
- Gerres longirostris
- Dhivehi
- Uniya
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gerreidae (mojarras)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 44 cm (total length); commonly 20 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 50 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A silvery mojarra with an olive-green back and a dark tip to the snout, reaching about 44 cm. It lives over sand from coral reefs to brackish water and can shoot out its mouth to pick prey from the sand.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives the general name uniya.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gerres-longirostris.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7699&GenusName=Gerres&SpeciesName=lon
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Gerres_longirostris_Landaagiraavaru.JPG
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Uniya' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.