''Gerres'' is a
genus
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of
mojarras found mostly in coastal regions from the eastern
Atlantic Ocean
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through the
Indian Ocean
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to the western
Pacific
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. A single species, ''G. simillimus'', is from the East Pacific. They mainly inhabit salt and
brackish
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waters, but will enter fresh water.
Species
The 28 currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
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 (Japanese silver-biddy)
* ''
Gerres erythrourus''
(Bloch
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*Alfred 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)
* ''
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)
References
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