Blacktip Silver Biddy

Scientific Name: Gerres oyena
Family: Mojarras - Gerreidae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Silver with obvious scales; unmarked except for a blackish margin on dorsal fin (more intense at front).
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Common along sandy beaches and sand bottoms near reefs to 10m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Mariana Is. in Micronesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.