Species profile—Bidyanus bidyanus (silver perch)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Terapontidae (grunters) → Bidyanus bidyanus (silver perch)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Terapontidae (grunters)
- Scientific name
- Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)
- Common name
- silver perch
- Type reference
- Mitchell, T.L. 1838. Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia, with descriptions of recently explored regions of Australia felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales. T. & W. Boone, London.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 27084
- Alternate name(s)
- bidyan
silver bream
black bream - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Critically endangered
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Medium
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27084
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.