Strongspine Silver-biddy

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:

• 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)

• 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)