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Gerres

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Gerres
G. equulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Gerreidae
Genus: Gerres
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Type species
Gerres vaigiensis
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. At least one species, Gerres cinereus (yellowfin mojarra), displays an ability akin to gyroscopic stability, allowing it to remain in a remarkably static spatial position relative to the water flowing around it.[1]

Species

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The 28 currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

A strongspine silver-biddy Gerres longirostris.

References

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  1. ^ "Gyroscopically Stable fish". 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gerres". FishBase. April 2013 version.