Gerres

Gerres is a genus of mojarras found mostly in coastal regions from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific. A single species, G. simillimus, is from the East Pacific. They mainly inhabit salt and brackish waters, but will enter fresh water.

Gerres
G. equulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gerreidae
Genus: Gerres
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Type species
Gerres vaigiensis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Species

The 28 currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Gerres akazakii Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2007 (Japanese ten-spined silver-biddy)
  • Gerres baconensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907) (scaly-snouted silver-biddy)
  • Gerres chrysops Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 1999 (gold sheen silver-biddy)
  • Gerres cinereus (Walbaum, 1792) (yellowfin mojarra)
  • Gerres decacanthus (Bleeker, 1864) (small Chinese silver-biddy)
  • Gerres equulus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
  • Gerres erythrourus (Bloch, 1791) (deep-bodied mojarra)
  • Gerres filamentosus G. Cuvier, 1829 (whipfin silver-biddy)
  • Gerres infasciatus Iwatsuki & Seishi Kimura, 1998 (nonbanded whipfin mojarra)
  • Gerres japonicus Bleeker, 1854 (Japanese silver-biddy)
  • Gerres limbatus G. Cuvier, 1830 (saddleback silver-biddy)
  • Gerres longirostris (Lacépède, 1801) (strongspine silver-biddy)
A strongspine silver-biddy Gerres longirostris.
  • Gerres macracanthus Bleeker, 1854 (longspine silverbiddy)
  • Gerres maldivensis Regan, 1902
  • Gerres methueni Regan, 1920 (Striped silver biddy)
  • Gerres microphthalmus Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2002 (small-eyed whipfin mojarra)
  • Gerres mozambiquensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2007
  • Gerres nigri Günther, 1859 (Guinean striped mojarra)
  • Gerres oblongus G. Cuvier, 1830 (slender silver-biddy)
  • Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775) (common silver-biddy)
  • Gerres phaiya Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001 (strong-spined silver-biddy)
  • Gerres ryukyuensis Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2007 (Ryukyu banded silver-biddy)
  • Gerres septemfasciatus J. Liu & Y. R. Yan, 2009 (seven-banded silver-biddy)
  • Gerres setifer (F. Hamilton, 1822) (small Bengal silver-biddy)
  • Gerres shima Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2007 (banded silver-biddy)
  • Gerres silaceus Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2001 (Malayan silver-biddy)
  • Gerres simillimus Regan, 1907
  • Gerres subfasciatus G. Cuvier, 1830 (common silver belly)
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References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gerres in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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