Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Body silvery. Supraneural bones 2. Caudal fin lobes somewhat pointed (Ref. 39283).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Gerreidae

Genus: Gerres

Species: Gerres decacanthus (Bleeker, 1864)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in shallow, coastal sandy and muddy areas associated with freshwater basins (Ref. 30392).

Habitat

freshwater