# Gerres
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{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Kurosagi1201.jpg
| image_caption = ''G. equulus''
| taxon = Gerres
| authority = [Quoy](/source/Jean_Ren%C3%A9_Constant_Quoy) & [Gaimard](/source/Joseph_Paul_Gaimard), 1824
| type_species = ''[Gerres vaigiensis](/source/Gerres_oyena)''
| type_species_authority = Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
}}
'''''Gerres''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [mojarra](/source/mojarra)s found mostly in coastal regions from the eastern [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) through the [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean) to the western [Pacific](/source/Pacific). A single species, ''G. simillimus'', is from the East Pacific. They mainly inhabit salt and [brackish](/source/brackish) waters, but will enter fresh water.
== Species ==
The 28 currently recognized species in this genus are:[{{Catalog of Fishes | genus = Gerres| access-date = 31 March 2025}}]
* ''[Gerres akazakii](/source/Gerres_akazakii)'' [Iwatsuki](/source/Yukio_Iwatsuki), [Seishi Kimura](/source/Seishi_Kimura) & [Yoshino](/source/Tetsuo_Yoshino), 2007 (Japanese ten-spined silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres baconensis](/source/Gerres_baconensis)'' ([Evermann](/source/Barton_Warren_Evermann) & [Seale](/source/Alvin_Seale), 1907) (scaly-snouted silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres chrysops](/source/Gerres_chrysops)'' Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 1999 (gold sheen silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres cinereus](/source/Gerres_cinereus)'' ([Walbaum](/source/Johann_Julius_Walbaum), 1792) (yellowfin mojarra)
* ''[Gerres decacanthus](/source/Gerres_decacanthus)'' ([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1864) (small Chinese silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres equulus](/source/Gerres_equulus)'' [Temminck](/source/Coenraad_Jacob_Temminck) & [Schlegel](/source/Hermann_Schlegel), 1844 (Japanese silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres erythrourus](/source/Gerres_erythrourus)'' ([Bloch](/source/Marcus_Elieser_Bloch), 1791) (deep-bodied mojarra)
* ''[Gerres filamentosus](/source/Gerres_filamentosus)'' [G. Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1829 (whipfin silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres infasciatus](/source/Gerres_infasciatus)'' Iwatsuki & Seishi Kimura, 1998 (nonbanded whipfin mojarra)
* ''[Gerres japonicus](/source/Gerres_japonicus)'' [Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1854 (Japanese silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres limbatus](/source/Gerres_limbatus)'' G. Cuvier, 1830 (saddleback silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres longirostris](/source/Gerres_longirostris)'' ([Lacépède](/source/Bernard_Germain_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de), 1801) (strongspine silver-biddy)
thumb|240px|A strongspine silver-biddy ''Gerres longirostris''.
* ''[Gerres macracanthus](/source/Gerres_macracanthus)'' Bleeker, 1854 (longspine silverbiddy)
* ''[Gerres maldivensis](/source/Gerres_maldivensis)'' [Regan](/source/Charles_Tate_Regan), 1902
* ''[Gerres methueni](/source/Gerres_methueni)'' Regan, 1920 (Striped silver biddy)
* ''[Gerres microphthalmus](/source/Gerres_microphthalmus)'' Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2002 (small-eyed whipfin mojarra)
* ''[Gerres mozambiquensis](/source/Gerres_mozambiquensis)'' Iwatsuki & [Heemstra](/source/Phillip_C._Heemstra), 2007
* ''[Gerres nigri](/source/Gerres_nigri)'' [Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1859 (Guinean striped mojarra)
* ''[Gerres oblongus](/source/Gerres_oblongus)'' G. Cuvier, 1830 (slender silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres oyena](/source/Gerres_oyena)'' ([Forsskål](/source/Peter_Forssk%C3%A5l), 1775) (common silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres phaiya](/source/Gerres_phaiya)'' Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001 (strong-spined silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres ryukyuensis](/source/Gerres_ryukyuensis)'' Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2007 (Ryukyu banded silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres septemfasciatus](/source/Gerres_septemfasciatus)'' [J. Liu](/source/Liu_Jing_(ichthyologist)) & [Y. R. Yan](/source/Yan_Yun-Rong), 2009 (seven-banded silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres setifer](/source/Gerres_setifer)'' ([F. Hamilton](/source/Francis_Buchanan-Hamilton), 1822) (small Bengal silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres shima](/source/Gerres_shima)'' Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2007 (banded silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres silaceus](/source/Gerres_silaceus)'' Iwatsuki, Seishi Kimura & Yoshino, 2001 (Malayan silver-biddy)
* ''[Gerres simillimus](/source/Gerres_simillimus)'' [Regan](/source/Charles_Tate_Regan), 1907
* ''[Gerres subfasciatus](/source/Gerres_subfasciatus)'' G. Cuvier, 1830 (common silver belly)
== References ==
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