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
- 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 Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://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.
