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Bidyan

Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)

Status not recordedbony fish

The bidyan (Bidyanus bidyanus) is a species in the family Terapontidae, order Centrarchiformes.

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Quick facts about the bidyan

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bidyan live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bidyan as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. China

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bidyan endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bidyan classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCentrarchiformes
  5. familyTerapontidae
  6. genusBidyanus
  7. SpeciesBidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)

Synonyms Acerina bidyana, Terapon richardsoni, Therapon bidyanus, Therapon ellipticus, Therapon macleayana, Therapon niger, Therapon richardsoni, Therapon richardsonii, Theraton bidyanus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Bidyan grunterEnglish
  • Black breamEnglish
  • GrunterEnglish
  • Murray breamEnglish
  • Murray perchEnglish
  • Silver breamEnglish
  • Silver perchEnglish
  • Sooty grunterEnglish
  • TcheriEnglish
  • bručoun bidyanCzech
  • Trompetero plateado de MurraySpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bidyan

Other species in the same genus Bidyanus.

Black bream

Bidyanus welchi

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bidyan an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bidyan as introduced in 2 countries: Australia and China, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bidyan?

The bidyan (Bidyanus bidyanus) belongs to the family Terapontidae in the order Centrarchiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bidyan (Bidyanus bidyanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bidyan

MLA

“Bidyan (Bidyanus bidyanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bidyan.

BibTeX
@misc{bidyan_2026,
  title = {Bidyan (Bidyanus bidyanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bidyan},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}