Gerres

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Kingdom Animalia Order Perciformes Scientific name Gerres Rank genus		Phylum Chordata Family Gerreidae Higher classification Mojarra

Similar Mojarra, Common silver‑biddy, Gerres filamentosus, Silver biddy, Diapterus

gerres longirostris fish in red sea egypt

Gerres is a genus of mojarras found mostly in marine waters from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific.

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

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)

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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