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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.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 28 known species
Yellowfin Mojarra
speciesGerres cinereus
Common Silverbiddy
speciesGerres subfasciatus
Blacktip Silverbiddy
speciesGerres oyena
Strongspine Silverbiddy
speciesGerres longirostris
Threadfin Silverbiddy
speciesGerres filamentosus
Pacific Yellowfin Mojarra
speciesGerres simillimus
Slender Silverbiddy
speciesGerres oblongus
Short Silverbiddy
speciesGerres erythrourus
Longspine Silverbiddy
speciesGerres macracanthus
Japanese silver-biddy
speciesGerres equulus
Banded Silverbiddy
speciesGerres shima
Japanese silverbiddy
speciesGerres japonicus
Guinean striped mojarra
speciesGerres nigri
Saddleback Mojarra
speciesGerres limbatus
Nonbanded Whipfin Mojarra
speciesGerres infasciatus
Gerres setifer
speciesGerres setifer
Gerres methueni
speciesGerres methueni
Gerres septemfasciatus
speciesGerres septemfasciatus
Gerres akazakii
speciesGerres akazakii
Gerres phaiya
speciesGerres phaiya
Gerres silaceus
speciesGerres silaceus
Gerres maldivensis
speciesGerres maldivensis
Small-eyed whipfin mojarra
speciesGerres microphthalmus
Gerres mozambiquensis
speciesGerres mozambiquensis
Ryukyu banded silver-biddy
speciesGerres ryukyuensis
Gerres chrysops
speciesGerres chrysops
Gerres baconensis
speciesGerres baconensis
Gerres decacanthus
speciesGerres decacanthus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64098.