Family : Gerreidae (Mojarras)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Deep-bodied mojarra
Fish Name : Gerres erythrourus
Max size : 30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 12915)
Environment : reef-associated; oceanodromous ; depth range 10 - 40 m
Climate : tropical; 26 - 29°C; 30°N - 12°S
Global Importance : fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar to Australia. Reported from Vanuatu (Ref. 13300). Larvae reported in Japan as Gerres abbreviatus (Ref. 9902).
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-7. Indistinct dark stripes along scale rows above and 4-6 rows immediately below lateral line (apparent in newly preserved specimens). Second dorsal fin spine longer than the 3rd. No scales on upper preopercular flange in approximately 10 cm SL specimens; 1-5 scales (usually 2-3) in over 16 cm SL specimens. Scales between 5th dorsal fine spine base and lateral line 3.5-4.5 (Ref. 28029). Supraneural bones 3 (Ref. 41102). Ventral and anal fins yellow with white tips Ref. 34765).
Biology : Marine species that enters estuaries and coastal lagoons in Madagascar (Ref. 4323). Forms schools on sandy bottoms (Ref. 12915, 48635). Small juveniles feed on zooplankton, larger fish feed on small polychaetes, bivalves, crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 3409). In Palau, spawners migrate from mangroves and sand flats to the outer reef edge around the full moon (Ref. 1602). Marketed fresh or made into fishballs (Ref. 12915)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Woodland, David J.
Main Ref : Iwatsuki, Y., S. Kimura and T. Yoshino. 1998. (Ref. 28029)

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Common Names : ஊடான், चारबात, പ്രാന്ജീന്, പ്റാഞ്ഞില്, ಪೀಯ , ஊடன்  , Charbat, Deepbody-mojarra, Oodan, Paiya, Pranjin
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses