Scientific Name	Gerres erythrourus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch, 1791)	Depth	10 - 40M
Chinese	短鑽嘴魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鑽嘴魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F373　Gerreidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	紅尾銀鱸
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	碗米仔、垵米(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、North
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Japen
Synonyms	Diapterus abbreviatus, Gerres abbreviates, Gerres abbreviatuis, Gerres abbreviatus, Gerres abreviatus, Gerres cheverti, Gerres profundus, Gerres singaporensis, Sparus erythrourus, Xystaema abbreviatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Iwatsuki, Y. etc. 1998 Iwatsuki, Y. etc. 1998 Chakraborty, A., M.N. Venugopal, K. Hidaka, etc. 2006
Specimen List	ASIZP0059868. ASIZP0062822. ASIZP0068946. ASIZP0068965. ASIZP0068966. ASIZP0068967. ASIZP0068968. ASIZP0068969. ASIZP0068970. ASIZP0068971. ASIZP0068972. ASIZP0068973. ASIZP0068974. ASIZP0068975. ASIZP0068976. ASIZP0068978. ASIZP0075331. ASIZP0075434. ASIZP0077971. FRIP00462. NMMBP03275. NMMSTP00174. NMNSF00320. NTOUP201207-744. NTUM00049Paratype.
Common Name	Deep-bodied mojarra; Blue-backed silver biddy; Deep-bodied silver-biddy
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body compressed, deep, with an obtusely angled, elevated back; body depth 1.9 to 2.3 times in standard length. Dorsal- and anal-fin spines strong, particularly second anal-fin spine; second dorsal-fin spine longer than head minus snout; second anal-fin spine either subequal to or much longer than length of base of anal fin; pectoral fins long, tip of depressed fins reaching to or past level of first anal-fin spine; caudal fin strongly forked but short, longest rays subequal to head length, lobes broadly rounded without pointed tips. Lateral-line scales 37 to 39; 3.5 to 4 scale rows between base of fifth dorsal-fin spine and lateral line. Body silvery, tinged with brown dorsally. Dorsal fin edged with black; trailing edge of caudal fin dusky; anal and pelvic fins yellowish. Juveniles with 7 to 11 slender, dark bars along sides.
habitats	Marine species that enters estuaries and coastal lagoons. Forms schools on sandy bottoms. Small juveniles feed on zooplankton, larger fish feed on small polychaetes, bivalves, crustaceans and fishes. In Palau, spawners migrate from mangroves and sand flat
Distribution	From the west coast of India to the Indo-Malayan Archipelago and Palau, north to south Japan, and south to northern Australia. It is found in western and northern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Usually marketed fresh, but the flesh deteriorates rapidly; large catches processed into fish balls and marketed frozen.