Gerres baconensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907)
Scaly snouted silver-biddy

Malakapas

Gerres baconensis
photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

 Family:  Gerreidae (Mojarras)
 Max. size:  17.8 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  demersal
 Distribution:  Western Pacific: Japan and Philippines.
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-7. U-shaped premaxilla groove fully scaled in specimens over 16 cm SL, producing a broadly rounded margin of the scaled area level with the anterior nostrils (partially scaled in 10 cm SL specimens). Posterior margin of maxilla beyond a vertical through anterior margin of inner dermal eye opening. Scales between 5th dorsal fin spine base 3.5 or 4. Body silvery, bands on body lacking or 6-8 irregular, very faint or dusky, oblique and vertical bands dorsolaterally and ventrolaterally (usually more apparent in young stressed or preserved specimens. Pelvic fin semi-transparent with a faint dusky band and indistinct white distal margin posteriorly or colorless when fresh. Spinous dorsal fin with an indistinct dusky patch (2nd-6th spines) and very narrow dusky distal margins on upper membranes between spines. Supraneural bones 3 (Ref. 35850).
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:  Museum: Bacon, Sorsogon, USNM 55912 (holotype of Xystaema baconensis, 16.3 cm SL) (Ref. 35850).

 Entered by: Garilao, Cristina V. - 09.07.96
 Modified by: Kesner-Reyes, Kathleen - 18.08.09

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