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.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Gerres is referenced by 19 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.

It is catalogued under the topic Gerres.

Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderPerciformes
FamilyGerreidae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Observations recorded61,317

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 829
With media: 11
Family: Gerreidae
Collections: UWFC, USNM, AUM, YPM, UCMP, LSUMZ
Recorded in: Mexico, Malaysia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Madagascar, Philippines, Bangladesh, United States

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Gerreidae
Image: XRF-Gerres acinaces.jpg

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taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Gerres
taxon name: Gerres
topic's main category: Category:Gerres

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Encyclopedic overview

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== 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)

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