{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Kurosagi1201.jpg | image_caption = ''G. equulus'' | taxon = Gerres | authority = Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | type_species = ''Gerres vaigiensis'' | type_species_authority = Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 }}
'''''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:<ref>{{Catalog of Fishes | genus = Gerres| access-date = 31 March 2025}}</ref> * ''Gerres akazakii'' <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2007</small> (Japanese ten-spined silver-biddy) * ''Gerres baconensis'' <small>(Evermann & Seale, 1907)</small> (scaly-snouted silver-biddy) * ''Gerres chrysops'' <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 1999</small> (gold sheen silver-biddy) * ''Gerres cinereus'' <small>(Walbaum, 1792)</small> (yellowfin mojarra) * ''Gerres decacanthus'' <small>(Bleeker, 1864)</small> (small Chinese silver-biddy) * ''Gerres equulus'' <small>Temminck & Schlegel, 1844</small> (Japanese silver-biddy) * ''Gerres erythrourus'' <small>(Bloch, 1791)</small> (deep-bodied mojarra) * ''Gerres filamentosus'' <small>G. Cuvier, 1829</small> (whipfin silver-biddy) * ''Gerres infasciatus'' <small>Iwatsuki & Seishi Kimura, 1998</small> (nonbanded whipfin mojarra) * ''Gerres japonicus'' <small>Bleeker, 1854</small> (Japanese silver-biddy) * ''Gerres limbatus'' <small>G. Cuvier, 1830</small> (saddleback silver-biddy) * ''Gerres longirostris'' <small>(Lacépède, 1801)</small> (strongspine silver-biddy) thumb|240px|A strongspine silver-biddy ''Gerres longirostris''. * ''Gerres macracanthus'' <small>Bleeker, 1854</small> (longspine silverbiddy) * ''Gerres maldivensis'' <small>Regan, 1902</small> * ''Gerres methueni'' <small>Regan, 1920</small> (Striped silver biddy) * ''Gerres microphthalmus'' <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2002</small> (small-eyed whipfin mojarra) * ''Gerres mozambiquensis'' <small>Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2007</small> * ''Gerres nigri'' <small>Günther, 1859</small> (Guinean striped mojarra) * ''Gerres oblongus'' <small>G. Cuvier, 1830</small> (slender silver-biddy) * ''Gerres oyena'' <small>(Forsskål, 1775)</small> (common silver-biddy) * ''Gerres phaiya'' <small>Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001</small> (strong-spined silver-biddy) * ''Gerres ryukyuensis'' <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2007</small> (Ryukyu banded silver-biddy) * ''Gerres septemfasciatus'' <small>J. Liu & Y. R. Yan, 2009</small> (seven-banded silver-biddy) * ''Gerres setifer'' <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small> (small Bengal silver-biddy) * ''Gerres shima'' <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2007</small> (banded silver-biddy) * ''Gerres silaceus'' <small>Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2001</small> (Malayan silver-biddy) * ''Gerres simillimus'' <small>Regan, 1907</small> * ''Gerres subfasciatus'' <small>G. Cuvier, 1830</small> (common silver belly)
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Category:Gerres
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