Gerres microphthalmus Small-eyed whipfin mojarra

Gerres microphthalmus is commonly referred to as Small-eyed whipfin mojarra. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka, Japan

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Scientific:: Gerres microphthalmus
German:: Mojarra, Silberling
English:: Small-eyed Whipfin Mojarra

Category:: Mojarra

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gerreidae (Family) > Gerres (Genus) > microphthalmus (Species)
Initial determination:: Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2002

Occurrence:: Japan, North Pacific (Ocean), Western Pacific Ocean
Size:: up to 4.72" (12 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 60.8 °F (°C - 16°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Worms, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Gerres akazakii
Gerres baconensis
Gerres chrysops
Gerres cinereus
Silberling
Gerres decacanthus
Gerres equulus
Gerres erythrourus
Gerres filamentosus
Mojarra, Silberling
Gerres infasciatus
Gerres japonicus
Gerres limbatus
Gerres macracanthus
Mojarra
Gerres maldivensis
Gerres methueni
Gerres microphthalmus
Mojarra, Silberling
Gerres mozambiquensis
Gerres nigri
Gerres oblongus
Schlanker Silberling
Gerres oyena
Mojarra, Silberling
Gerres phaiya
Gerres ryukyuensis
Gerres septemfasciatus
Gerres setifer
Gerres shima
Gerres silaceus
Gerres simillimus
Gerres subfasciatus

More related species in this lexicon:

Gerres longirostris
Langschwanz-Silberling

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-12-11 19:35:10
Last edit:: 2012-12-11 19:35:10

Info

Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2002

Special thanks for the fotos to Hiroyuki Tanakato, Japan.

Distribution
Northwest Pacific: endemic in southern Japan.

Synonym:
Gerres filamentosus

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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