''Eugerres'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
in the family
Gerreidae, the mojarras. The genus was erected by
David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford Universi ...
and
Barton Warren Evermann
Barton Warren Evermann (October 24, 1853 – September 27, 1932) was an American ichthyologist.
Early life and education
Evermann was born in Monroe County, Iowa in 1853. His family moved to Indiana while he was still a child and it was ...
in 1927. They are native to the
Atlantic
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and
Pacific
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coasts of the
Americas
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, occurring mainly in salt and
brackish
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...
waters, but may enter fresh water. The genus also includes one strict fresh water species, ''E. mexicanus'', native to southern Mexico and Guatemala (''E. castroaguirrei''
[González-Acosta, A.F. & Rodiles-Hernández, R. (2013)]
New species of ''Eugerres'' from the Usumacinta Province, México and Guatemala with a redescription of ''E. mexicanus'' (Steindachner, 1863) (Teleostei: Gerreidae).
''Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 307-318.'' is a junior of ''E. mexicanus''
)
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Eugerres axillaris''
( Günther, 1864) (black axillary mojarra)
* ''
Eugerres brasilianus''
( G. Cuvier, 1830) (Brazilian mojarra)
* ''
Eugerres brevimanus''
(Günther, 1864) (short-fin mojarra)
* ''
Eugerres lineatus''
(Humboldt Humboldt may refer to:
People
* Alexander von Humboldt, German natural scientist, brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt
* Wilhelm von Humboldt, German linguist, philosopher, and diplomat, brother of Alexander von Humboldt
Fictional characters
* Hu ...
, 1821) (streaked mojarra)
* ''
Eugerres mexicanus''
(Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...
, 1863) (Mexican mojarra)
* ''
Eugerres periche''
( Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) (Periche mojarra)
* ''
Eugerres plumieri
''Eugerres plumieri'', commonly referred to as the striped mojarra or mojarra rayada, is a demersal fish from the Gerreidae family. The family Gerreidae is nicknamed the silverbodies because many of the species, this species included, have a silv ...
''
(G. Cuvier, 1830) (striped mojarra)
References
Gerreidae
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann
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