Gerres
| Gerres | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
Gerres is a genus of mojarras found mostly in marine waters from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific.
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)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Gerres in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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