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.
Species
The 28 currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Gerres akazakii <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2007</small> (Japanese ten-spined silver-biddy)
- Gerres baconensis <small>(Evermann & Seale, 1907)</small> (scaly-snouted silver-biddy)
- Gerres chrysops <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 1999</small> (gold sheen silver-biddy)
- Gerres cinereus <small>(Walbaum, 1792)</small> (yellowfin mojarra)
- Gerres decacanthus <small>(Bleeker, 1864)</small> (small Chinese silver-biddy)
- Gerres equulus <small>Temminck & Schlegel, 1844</small> (Japanese silver-biddy)
- Gerres erythrourus <small>(Bloch, 1791)</small> (deep-bodied mojarra)
- Gerres filamentosus <small>G. Cuvier, 1829</small> (whipfin silver-biddy)
- Gerres infasciatus <small>Iwatsuki & Seishi Kimura, 1998</small> (nonbanded whipfin mojarra)
- Gerres japonicus <small>Bleeker, 1854</small> (Japanese silver-biddy)
- Gerres limbatus <small>G. Cuvier, 1830</small> (saddleback silver-biddy)
- Gerres longirostris <small>(Lacépède, 1801)</small> (strongspine silver-biddy)
- Gerres macracanthus <small>Bleeker, 1854</small> (longspine silverbiddy)
- Gerres maldivensis <small>Regan, 1902</small>
- Gerres methueni <small>Regan, 1920</small> (Striped silver biddy)
- Gerres microphthalmus <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2002</small> (small-eyed whipfin mojarra)
- Gerres mozambiquensis <small>Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2007</small>
- Gerres nigri <small>Günther, 1859</small> (Guinean striped mojarra)
- Gerres oblongus <small>G. Cuvier, 1830</small> (slender silver-biddy)
- Gerres oyena <small>(ForsskÃÂ¥l, 1775)</small> (common silver-biddy)
- Gerres phaiya <small>Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001</small> (strong-spined silver-biddy)
- Gerres ryukyuensis <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2007</small> (Ryukyu banded silver-biddy)
- Gerres septemfasciatus <small>J. Liu & Y. R. Yan, 2009</small> (seven-banded silver-biddy)
- Gerres setifer <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small> (small Bengal silver-biddy)
- Gerres shima <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2007</small> (banded silver-biddy)
- Gerres silaceus <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2001</small> (Malayan silver-biddy)
- Gerres simillimus <small>Regan, 1907</small>
- Gerres subfasciatus <small>G. Cuvier, 1830</small> (common silver belly)
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