Gerres

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 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, 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) thumb|240px|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)