{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Diapterus auratus.jpg | image_caption = ''Diapterus auratus'' | taxon = Diapterus | authority = Ranzani, 1842 | type_species = ''Diapterus auratus'' | type_species_authority = Ranzani, 1842 | synonyms = * ''Moharra'' <small>Poey, 1875</small> }}
'''''Diapterus''''' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Gerreidae, the mojarras. They are native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.
==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Diapterus| month = February| year = 2014}}</ref><ref name=VergaraSolana2014>Vergara-Solana, F.J., García-Rodriguez, F.J., Tavera, J.J., De Luna, E. & De La Cruz-Agüero, J. (2014): Molecular and morphometric systematics of ''Diapterus'' (Perciformes, Gerreidae). ''Zoologica Scripta, 43 (4): 338–350.''</ref> * ''Diapterus auratus'' <small>Ranzani, 1842</small> (Irish mojarra) * ''Diapterus brevirostris'' <small>(Sauvage, 1879)</small> (Shortnose mojarra) * ''Diapterus peruvianus'' <small>(G. Cuvier, 1830)</small> (Peruvian mojarra) * ''Diapterus rhombeus'' <small>(G. Cuvier, 1829)</small> (Caitipa mojarra)
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Category:Gerreidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Camillo Ranzani
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