Common name of Elops hawaiensis
 
Common name Bidbid
Language Tagalog
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Philippines
Locality Metro Manila
Ref. Herre, A.W.C.T. and A.F. Umali, 1948
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'bidbid', i.e., convulsions but also to twine and spool, probably refers to the wriggling of fish caught in a line or in gillnets (Ref. 2857). Also Ref. 31411.
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