Gerreidae, Bleeker, 1859

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 135-137

Gerreidae

(silverbiddies)

Gerres erythrourus ( Bloch, 1791)

Short Silverbiddy

Sparus erythrourus Bloch, 1791: 26 , pl. 261 ( Japan [probably erroneous]).

Gerres profundus Macleay, 1878: 350 (Port Darwin, NT).

Xystaema abbreviatum — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 89 (Pellew Islands).

Parochusus cheverti — Whitley 1955b: 157 (Darwin).

Gerres abbreviatus — Taylor 1964: 214–215 (Groote Eylandt; Port Langdon; Yirrkalla; Port Bradshaw); Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Larson and Williams 1997: 360 (Darwin).

Gerres erythrourus — Iwatsuki et al. 1998: 167 (Darwin); Hoese et al. 2006: 1213 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, Melville Island).

Twin Eagles Island, Arnhem Land; creek opposite East Woody Islet, Gove; Angurugu River, Groote

Eylandt; E side of Vanderlin Island.

Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829

Threadfin Silverbiddy

Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829: 188 (Vizagapatam) .—Richardson 1842: 25 (Port Essington); Taylor 1964: 215 (Groote Eylandt; Yirrkalla); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 342 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Pender et al. 1992: 68 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Fog Bay; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson and Williams 1997: 360 (Buffalo Creek area); Larson 1998: 33 (Maxwell Creek, Melville Island); Wilson and

Brooks 2004: 10 (Wonga Creek); Hoese et al. 2006: 1214 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast); Fisher and Calaby 2009: 32 (fresh water swamp near Victoria, Port Essington).

Gerres punctatus — Macleay 1878: 350 (Port Darwin).

Gerres phillippinus — Zietz 1891: 2 (Northern Territory).

Xystaema punctatum — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 89 (Pellew Islands).

Kahin Beach, Darwin; creek opposite East Woody Islet, Gove; Lake Eames, Vanderlin Island.

Gerres kapas Bleeker, 1851

Cotton Silverbiddy

Gerres kapas Bleeker, 1851f: 482 (Batavia; Riouw).—Collette 1983: 98 (Croker Island); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Larson and Williams 1997: 360 (off East Point); Hoese et al. 2006: 1214 (NT; N coast, Darwin). Towns River mouth; East Woody Islet, Gove.

Gerres longirostris ( Lacepède, 1801)

Strongspine Silverbiddy

Labrus longirostris Lacepède, 1801: 467–468 (Great Gulf of India [probably Madagascar or Mauritius]).

Gerres poeti — Waddy 1988: 47 (Groote Eylandt).

Gerres longirostris — Hoese et al. 2006: 1215 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, Gove) .

Gerres macracanthus Bleeker, 1854 Longspine Silverbiddy Gerres macracanthus Bleeker, 1854e: 195 (Batavia) .— Waddy 1988: 46 (Groote Eylandt); Larson and Williams

1997: 360 (NW side Channel Island).

Fog Bay; Buffalo Creek, Darwin; Shoal Bay ; S of Orontes Reef; Cape Arnhem; Arafura Sea .

Gerres oblongus Cuvier, 1830 Slender Silverbiddy Gerres oblongus Cuvier , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830: 479 ( Ceylon). Gerres macrosoma —Collette 1983: 98 (East Vernon Is, Croker I.); Larson 1997: 33 (Field Island); Larson 1999b:

36 (Kakadu); Hoese et al. 2006: 1215 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, Darwin) .

Wanaka Bay, Gove Harbour.

Gerres oyena ( Forsskål, 1775)

Blacktip Silverbiddy

Labrus oyena Forsskål, 1775: 35 (Red Sea).

Gerres oyena — Klunzinger 1880: 353 (Port Darwin); Taylor 1964: 215 (Groote Eylandt; Port Langdon; Yirrkalla; Port Bradshaw; Bartalumba Bay); Davis 1988: 164 (upstream Buffalo Creek); Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Larson and Williams 1997: 360 (Port Darwin); Hoese et al. 2006: 1216 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Xystaema carinatum — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 89 (Pellew Is).

Gerres argyreus — Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt).

Gerres cf oyena — Larson 1996: 10 (Towns River).

East Arm boat ramp, Dudley Point reef, Darwin Harbour; Port Essington; Milingimbi; Vanderlin Island;

Rose River, Arnhem Land; Wearyan River, E of Borroloola.

Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier, 1830

Common Silverbiddy

Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830: 477 (Port Jackson).— Taylor 1964: 216 (Little Lagoon, Emerald River, Groote Eylandt; Port Bradshaw; Yirrkalla); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 342 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Larson 1992: 9 (Mule Creek); Larson 1996: 10 (Towns River); Hoese et al. 2006: 1217 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast); Iwatsuki et al. 2007: 177–180 (East Point, rock pond; Melville Island; Oronde [Orontes] Reef; Arafura Sea; Port Bradshaw; creek west of Yirrkala ; Towns River mouth; west arm of Mule Creek).

Gerres ovatus Günther, 1859: 343 ( Australia) .— Klunzinger 1880: 354 (Port Darwin); Larson and Williams 1997: 360 (Port Darwin).

Lake Alexander, Darwin; Centre Island; Inglis Island; Vanderlin Island .

Pentaprion longimanus ( Cantor, 1849) Longfin Silverbiddy Equula longimana Cantor, 1849: 1134 (Malayan Peninsula and islands). Pentaprion longimanus — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 342 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989:

82 (Arafura Sea); Pender et al. 1992: 68 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Fog Bay; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Hoese et al. 2006: 1217 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).