![GENUS Diapterus Ranzani, 1842 [=Diapterus Ranzani [C.] 1842:340, Moharra Poey [F.] 1875:124] Notes: [Ref](http://data.docslib.org/img/af4470ce66a1d682df63e0fc140abb5e-1.webp)
FAMILY Gerreidae Bleeker 1859 - mojarras [=Gerreioidei, Eucinostomidae, Xystaemidae, Pentaprioninae] Notes: [ICZN Opinion 962] Gerreoidei Bleeker 1859a:353 [ref. 16983] (family) Gerres [also as subfamily Gerreiformes Bleeker 1859d:XX [ref. 371]; changed to Gerridae by Günther 1862a:252 [ref. 1969]; family name has been fixed as Gerreidae, ICZN Opinion 962] Eucinostomidae Miranda Ribeiro 1913–15:275 [ref. 3711] (family) Eucinostomus [family name sometimes seen as Eucinostomatidae] Xystaemidae Cockerell 1915a:42 [ref. 32627] (family) Xystaema [family name sometimes seen as Xystaematidae] Pentaprioninae Fowler 1933:226 [ref. 1414] (subfamily) Pentaprion
GENUS Deckertichthys Vergara-Solana, in Vergara-Solana et al., 2014 [=Deckertichthys Vergara-Solana [F. J.] in Vergara-Solana, García-Rodriguez, Tavera, De Luna et al. 2014:6] Notes: [ref. 33272]. Masc. Gerres aureolus Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Not yet available (7 Apr. 2014). •Valid as Deckertichthys Vergara-Solana 2014. Current status: Valid as Deckertichthys Vergara-Solana 2014. Gerreidae.
Species Deckertichthys aureolus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) [=Gerres aureolus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:328] Notes: [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 1 (for 1881); ref. 2471] Pacific Ocean at Bahia Matanhen, Nayart, Mexico. Current status: Valid as Deckertichthys aureolus (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.
GENUS Diapterus Ranzani, 1842 [=Diapterus Ranzani [C.] 1842:340, Moharra Poey [F.] 1875:124] Notes: [ref. 9017]. Masc. Diapterus auratus Ranzani 1842. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Roux 1986:325 [ref. 6209]). •Valid as Diapterus Ranzani 1842 -- (Deckert & Greenfield 1987:184 [ref. 6778], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:319 [ref. 24550], Gilmore 2003:1508 [ref. 27093], González-Acosta et al. 2007:369 [ref. 34191], Vergara-Solana et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33272]). Current status: Valid as Diapterus Ranzani 1842. Gerreidae. (Moharra) [ref. 3509]. Fem. Gerres rhombeus Cuvier 1829. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Roux 1986:325 [ref. 6209]). •Synonym of Diapterus Ranzani 1842 -- (Deckert & Greenfield 1987:184 [ref. 6778], Vergara-Solana et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33272]). Current status: Synonym of Diapterus Ranzani 1842. Gerreidae.
Species Diapterus auratus Ranzani, 1842 [=Diapterus auratus Ranzani [C.] 1842:340, Pl. 29 (fig. 1), Diapterus evermanni Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1925:594, Pl. 63, Gerres olisthostoma Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1882:423] Notes: [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 5; ref. 9017] Brazilian seas. Current status: Valid as Diapterus auratus Ranzani 1842. Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (evermanni) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 226); ref. 13609] Mindi River, near Mindi, Canal Zone, Panama. Current status: Synonym of Diapterus auratus Ranzani 1842. Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (olisthostoma) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 297); ref. 1840] Indian River, Florida, U.S.A. Current status: Synonym of Diapterus auratus Ranzani 1842. Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
Species Diapterus brevirostris (Sauvage, 1879) [=Gerres brevirostris Sauvage [H.-E.] 1879:208] Notes: [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 3; ref. 13259] Río Guayas, Ecuador. Current status: Valid as Diapterus brevirostris (Sauvage 1879). Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Diapterus peruvianus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) [=Gerres peruvianus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:467] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Payta, Peru. Current status: Valid as Diapterus peruvianus (Cuvier 1830). Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Diapterus rhombeus (Cuvier, 1829) [=Gerres rhombeus Cuvier [G.] 1829:188, Diapterus limnaeus Schultz [L. P.] 1949:142, Fig. 16] Notes: [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Martinique Island, West Indies. Current status: Valid as Diapterus rhombeus (Cuvier 1829). Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine. (limnaeus) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 99 (no. 3235); ref. 3967] Maracaibo Yacht Club, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Current status: Synonym of Diapterus rhombeus (Cuvier 1829). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
GENUS Eucinostomus Baird & Girard, in Baird, 1855 [=Eucinostomus Baird [S. F.] & Girard [C. F.] in Baird 1855:334 [20]] Notes: [ref. 164]. Masc. Eucinostomus argenteus Baird & Girard 1855. Type by monotypy. On page 20 of separate. Authorship is as above, with "B. and G." given with the original description (interpretation by Hubbs & Miller 1965:7 [ref. 9217] is in error). •Valid as Eucinostomus Baird & Girard 1855 -- (Matheson & McEachran 1984 [ref. 5228], Roux 1986:325 [ref. 6209], Deckert & Greenfield 1987:184 [ref. 6778], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:310 [ref. 24550], Gilmore 2003:1507 [ref. 27093], Vergara-Solana et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33272]). Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus Baird & Girard 1855. Gerreidae.
Species Eucinostomus argenteus Baird & Girard, 1855 [=Eucinostoumus argenteus Baird [S. F.] & Girard [C. F.] in Baird 1855:335 [sic 345], [21], Gerres aprion Cuvier [G.] 1829:188] Notes: [Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 9 (for 1854); ref. 164] Beesley's Point, New Jersey, U.S.A. Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus argenteus Baird & Girard 1855. Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic and inland [eastern Pacific now treated as dowii]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (aprion) [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Martinique Island, West Indies. Current status: Synonym of Eucinostomus argenteus Baird & Girard 1855. Gerreidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Eucinostomus currani Zahuranec, in Yanez-Arancibia, 1980 [=Eucinostomus currani Zahuranec [B. J.] in Yáñez-Arancibia 1980:81] Notes: [Publicaciones Especiales, Centro de Ciencas del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. No. 2; ref. 22194] Lagunas de Guerrero, Mexico. Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus currani Zahuranec 1980. Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Eucinostomus dowii (Gill, 1863) [=Diapterus dowii Gill [T. N.] 1863:162] Notes: [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1681] Western coast of Central America. Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus dowii (Gill 1863). Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine.
Species Eucinostomus entomelas Zahuranec, in Yanez-Arancibia, 1980 [=Eucinostomus entomelas Zahuranec [B. J.] in Yáñez-Arancibia 1980] Notes: [Publicaciones Especiales, Centro de Ciencas del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. No. 2; ref. 22194] Mexico. Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus entomelas Zahuranec 1980. Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Eucinostomus gracilis (Gill, 1862) [=Diapterus gracilis Gill [T. N.] 1862:246, Diapterus californiensis Gill [T. N.] 1862:245, Eucinostomus californiensis elongatus Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1925:586, Pl. 62 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1665] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus gracilis (Gill 1862). Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (californiensis) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1665] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Current status: Synonym of Eucinostomus gracilis (Gill 1862). Gerreidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (elongatus) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 226); ref. 13609] Taboga Island, (Pacific) Panama. Current status: Synonym of Eucinostomus californiensis (Gill 1862). Gerreidae. Habitat: marine.
Species Eucinostomus gula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [=Gerres gula Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:293, Eucinostomus gulula Poey [F.] 1875:128 [54], Pl. 2, Diapterus homonymus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1880:340] Notes: [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus gula (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (gulula) [Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid v. 4; ref. 3509] Havana, Cuba. Current status: Synonym of Eucinostomus gula (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Gerreidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (homonymus) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 2 (no. 98); ref. 18135] Clearwater Harbor, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, U.S.A. Current status: Synonym of Eucinostomus gula (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Gerreidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Eucinostomus harengulus Goode & Bean, 1879 [=Eucinostomus harengulus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1879:132, Eucinostomus sciasemion Fowler [H. W.] 1950:80, Figs. 19-20] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 2 (no. 74); ref. 18134] Western Florida, U.S.A. Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus harengulus Goode & Bean 1879. Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (sciasemion) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 102; ref. 12949] Huffington Creek at Watering Place, 1/2 mile north of Alligator Point, Old Providence Island, West Indies. Current status: Synonym of Eucinostomus harengulus Goode & Bean 1879. Gerreidae. Habitat: marine.
Species Eucinostomus havana (Nichols, 1912) [=Xystaema havana Nichols [J. T.] 1912:189, Fig. 2, Eucinostomus mowbrayi Beebe [W.] & Tee-Van [J.] 1932:115] Notes: [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 31 (art. 18); ref. 14853] Marianao Beach, Havana, Cuba. Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus havana (Nichols 1912). Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine. (mowbrayi) [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 13 (no. 5); ref. 9330] Nonsuch Island, Bermuda. Current status: Synonym of Eucinostomus havana (Nichols 1912). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
Species Eucinostomus jonesii (Gunther, 1879) [=Gerres jonesii Günther [A.] 1879:150 [1], Eucinostomus pseudogula Poey [F.] 1875:127 [53], Pl. 1] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 3 (no. 14) (art. 15); ref. 13362] Bermuda. Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus jonesii (Günther 1879). Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (pseudogula) [Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid v. 4; ref. 3509] Cuba. Current status: Synonym of Eucinostomus jonesii (Günther 1879). Gerreidae. Habitat: marine.
Species Eucinostomus lefroyi (Goode, 1874) [=Diapterus lefroyi Goode [G. B.] 1874:123, Eucinostomus productus Poey [F.] 1875:59] Notes: [American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 3) v. 8 (no. 43, art. 12); ref. 18138] Bermuda. Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus lefroyi (Goode 1874). Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (productus) [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 11 (nos 3-4) (art. 6); ref. 18564] Havana, Cuba. Current status: Synonym of Eucinostomus lefroyi (Goode 1874). Gerreidae. Habitat: marine.
Species Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863) [=Gerres melanopterus Bleeker [P.] 1863:44, Pl. 8 (fig. 1), Gerres bilobus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:466] Notes: [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Guinea. Current status: Valid as Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker 1863). Gerreidae. Distribution: Western and eastern Atlantic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (bilobus) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Saint Louis, Gorée, West Africa. Current status: Synonym of Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker 1863). Gerreidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
GENUS Eugerres Jordan & Evermann, 1927 [=Eugerres Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1927:506] Notes: [ref. 2453]. Masc. Gerres plumieri Cuvier 1830. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Roux 1986:325 [ref. 6209]). •Valid as Eugerres Jordan & Evermann 1927 -- (Deckert & Greenfield 1987:188 [ref. 6778], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:323 [ref. 24550], Gilmore 2003:1508 [ref. 27093], González-Acosta et al. 2005:661 [ref. 28660], González-Acosta et al. 2007:109 [ref. 32146], González-Acosta & Rodiles-Hernández 2013:307 [ref. 32753], Vergara-Solana et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33272]. Martínez-Guevara et al. 2016:393 [ref. 34136]). Current status: Valid as Eugerres Jordan & Evermann 1927. Gerreidae.
Species Eugerres awlae Schultz, 1949 [=Eugerres awlae Schultz [L. P.] 1949:147, Fig. 17] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 99 (no. 3235); ref. 3967] Channel of Salina Rica, 5 kilometers north of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Current status: Valid as Eugerres awlae Schultz 1949. Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Eugerres axillaris (Gunther, 1864) [=Gerres axillaris Günther [A.] 1864:152] Notes: [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1); ref. 13930] Chiapam, Guatemala. Current status: Valid as Eugerres axillaris (Günther 1864). Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Eugerres brasilianus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) [=Gerres brasilianus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:458] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Brazil. Current status: Valid as Eugerres brasilianus (Cuvier 1830). Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: South Carolina, Gulf of Mexico, West Indies and south to Brazil. Habitat: marine.
Species Eugerres brevimanus (Gunther, 1864) [=Gerres brevimanus Günther [A.] 1864:152, Gerres patao Poey [F.] 1860:192, Gerres periche Evermann [B. W.] & Radcliffe [L.] 1917:93, Pl. 8 (fig. 3)] Notes: [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1); ref. 13930] Chiapán, Guatemala. Current status: Valid as Eugerres brevimanus (Günther 1864). Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico to southern Panama. Habitat: marine. (patao) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Current status: Synonym of Eugerres brasilianus (Cuvier 1830). Gerreidae. Habitat: marine. (periche) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 95; ref. 1284] Tumbes, Peru. Current status: Synonym of Eugerres brevimanus (Günther 1864). Gerreidae. Habitat: marine.
Species Eugerres lineatus (Humboldt, in Humboldt & Valenciennes, 1821) [=Smaris lineatus Humboldt [F. H. A. von] in Humboldt & Valenciennes 1821:185, Pl. 46 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland v. 2 (Title page 1833); ref. 5612] "Lake Acapulco", Pacific coast of Mexico. Current status: Valid as Eugerres lineatus (Humboldt 1821). Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Eugerres mexicanus (Steindachner, 1863) [=Gerres mexicanus Steindachner [F.] 1863:383, Pl. 15, Eugerres castroaguirrei González-Acosta [A. F.] & Rodiles-Hernández [R.] 2013:309, Fig. 3A] Notes: [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 13; ref. 18755] Río Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico. Current status: Valid as Eugerres mexicanus (Steindachner 1863). Gerreidae. Distribution: Atlantic Mexico and Guatemala. Habitat: freshwater. (castroaguirrei) [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 32753] Chiapas, Marqués de Comillas, Lacandona rainforst, río Lacantún, between Reforma Agraria and Galaxia, 16°14'35"N, 90°51'30"W, México. Current status: Synonym of Eugerres mexicanus (Steindachner 1863). Gerreidae. Distribution: Rio Grijalva-Usumacinta basin, Mexico (if valid). Habitat: freshwater.
Species Eugerres plumieri (Cuvier, 1830) [=Gerres plumieri Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:452, Pl. 167, Gerres embryx Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan & Evermann 1898:1379] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Antilles and Puerto Rico. Current status: Valid as Eugerres plumieri (Cuvier 1830). Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (embryx) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2444] Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. Current status: Synonym of Eugerres plumieri (Cuvier 1830). Gerreidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
GENUS Gerres Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 [=Gerres Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] (ex Cuvier) 1824:292, Catochaenum Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1037 [55], Gerreomorpha Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:274, Parochusus Whitley [G. P.] 1930:16, Pertica (subgenus of Gerres) Fowler [H. W.] 1904:530, Podager Gistel [J.] 1848:IX, Synistius Gill [T. N.] 1862:238, Victor Whitley [G. P.] 1951:68, Xystaema Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] in Jordan 1895:471] Notes: [ref. 3574]. Masc. Gerres vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1917:117 [ref. 2407]. On Official List (Opinion 962). Misspelled Gerrus by Griffith & Smith 1834:170 [ref. 1908] and Gerris by Swainson 1839:28 [ref. 4303]. •Valid as Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Akazaki & Juso in Masuda et al. 1984:161 [ref. 6441], Roux 1986:325 [ref. 6209], Woodland 1986:608 [ref. 6299], Deckert & Greenfield 1987 [ref. 6778], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:394 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:138 [ref. 21090], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:691 [ref. 21590], Iwatsuki & Kimura 1998:79 [ref. 23351], Iwatsuki et al. 1999:21 [ref. 23737], Iwatsuki et al. 1999:377 [ref. 24200], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:309 [ref. 24550], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2001:1043 [ref. 25822], Woodland 2001:2947 [ref. 26102], Gilmore 2003:1507 [ref. 27093], Hoese & Bray 2006:1213 [ref. 29000], Iwatsuki et al. 2007:168 [ref. 29158], Gomon 2008:586 [ref. 30616], Liu & Yan 2009:555 [ref. 31089], Kottelat 2013:345 [ref. 32989], Vergara-Solana et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33272]). Current status: Valid as Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Gerreidae. (Catochaenum) [ref. 715]. Neut. Gerres vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Gerres Cuvier 1824, apparently not preoccupied by Gerris (Latr.) Fabricius 1794 in Hemiptera. On p. 55 of separate. •Objective synonym of Podager Gistel 1848. •Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Roux 1986:325 [6209], Kottelat 2013:345 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Gerreidae. (Gerreomorpha) [ref. 101]. Fem. Gerreomorpha rostrata Alleyne & Macleay 1877. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Gerreomorpha Alleyne & Macleay 1877 -- (Ye in Pan et al. 1991:397 [ref. 23876]). •Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Roux 1986:325 [ref. 6209], Kottelat 2013:345 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Gerreidae. (Parochusus) [ref. 4671]. Masc. Gerres profundus Macleay 1878. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Roux 1986:325 [ref. 6209], Kottelat 2013:345 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Gerreidae. (Pertica) [ref. 1367]. Fem. Gerres filamentosus Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Roux 1986:325 [ref. 6209], Kottelat 2013:345 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Gerreidae. (Podager) [ref. 1822]. Masc. Gerres vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Gerres Cuvier 1824, not preoccupied by Gerris Fabricius 1794 in insects. Podager itself is preoccupied (see Jordan 1919:338 [ref. 2409]). •Objective synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Kottelat 2013:345 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Gerreidae. (Synistius) [ref. 1664]. Masc. Gerres longirostris Günther 1861. Type by monotypy. Not Labrus longirostris Lacepède 1802. Günther's longirostris the basis for Gerres rappi Barnard 1927. •Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Roux 1986:325 [ref. 6209], Kottelat 2013:345 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Gerreidae. (Victor) [ref. 4711]. Masc. Gerres filamentosus Cuvier 1829. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Pertica Fowler 1904, preoccupied [details not researched]. •Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Kottelat 2013:345 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Gerreidae. (Xystaema) [ref. 2394]. Neut. Mugil cinereus Walbaum 1792. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Roux 1986:325 [ref. 6209] as Xistaema, Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:309 [ref. 24550], Kottelat 2013:345 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gerres Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Gerreidae. Species Gerres akazakii Iwatsuki et al., 2007 [=Gerres akazakii Iwatsuki [Y.], Kimura [S.] & Yoshino [T.] 2007:169, Figs. 1A, 2A-D, 3A] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 54; ref. 29158] Mouth of Kaeda River, 31°50'05"N, 131°26'16"E, Aoshima, Miyazaki, Japan. Current status: Valid as Gerres akazakii Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino 2007. Gerreidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Gerres baconensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907) [=Xystaema baconensis Evermann [B. W.] & Seale [A.] 1907:69, Fig. 8] Notes: [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 26 (Doc. 607) (for 1906); ref. 1285] Bacon, Sorsogon, Luzon Island, Philippines. Current status: Valid as Gerres baconensis (Evermann & Seale 1907). Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.
Species Gerres chrysops Iwatsuki et al., 1999 [=Gerres chrysops Iwatsuki [Y.], Kimura [S.] & Yoshino [T.] 1999:28, Figs. 1 A-B, 2A] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 46 (no. 1); ref. 23737] Angsilla, near Bangsaen, around Si Chang Island, northeastern Gulf of Thailand, 13°10-20'N, 100°90-101°00'E, depth less than 15 meters. Current status: Valid as Gerres chrysops Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino 1999. Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.
Species Gerres cinereus (Walbaum, 1792) [=Mugil cinereus Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:228] Notes: [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Bahamas. Current status: Valid as Gerres cinereus (Walbaum 1792). Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic [eastern Pacific now = simillimus on ref. 32953]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Gerres decacanthus (Bleeker, 1864) [=Diapterus decacanthus Bleeker [P.] 1864:58, Notes: [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2; ref. 13921] Amoy [= Xiamen], Fujian, China. Current status: Valid as Gerres decacanthus (Bleeker 1864). Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Asia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.
Species Gerres equula Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 [=Gerres equula Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1844:76, Pl. 40 (fig. 1)] Notes: [Fauna Japonica Parts 5-6; ref. 4372] Nagasaki, Japan. Current status: Valid as Gerres equulus Temminck & Schlegel 1844. Gerreidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.
Species Gerres erythrourus (Bloch, 1791) [=Sparus erythrourus Bloch [M. E.] 1791:26, Pl. 261, Gerres abbreviatus Bleeker [P.] 1850:11, Gerres cheverti Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:272, Pl. 7 (fig. 1), Gerres profundus Macleay [W.] 1878:350, Pl. 7 (fig. 3), Gerres singaporensis Steindachner [F.] 1870:568] Notes: [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 5; ref. 4867] Japan [probably erroneous]. Current status: Valid as Gerres erythrourus (Bloch 1791). Gerreidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India east throughout the East Indies and to Micronesia, Australia to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine. (abbreviatus) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 7); ref. 322] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres erythrourus (Bloch 1791). Gerreidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine. (cheverti) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Cape Grenville, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres erythrourus (Bloch 1791). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (profundus) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 2 (pt 4); ref. 17573] Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres erythrourus (Bloch 1791). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (singaporensis) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 60 (1. Abth.) (no. 3); ref. 18770] Singapore. Current status: Synonym of Gerres erythrourus (Bloch 1791). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
Species Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829 [=Gerres filamentosus Cuvier [G.] 1829:188, Gerres philippinus Günther [A.] 1862:258, Gerres punctatus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:480] Notes: [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Current status: Valid as Gerres filamentosus Cuvier 1829. Gerreidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (philippinus) [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Philippines. Current status: Synonym of Gerres filamentosus Cuvier 1829. Gerreidae. Habitat: marine. (punctatus) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] India. Current status: Synonym of Gerres filamentosus Cuvier 1829. Gerreidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Gerres infasciatus Iwatsuki & Kimura, 1998 [=Gerres infasciatus Iwatsuki [Y.] & Kimura [S.] 1998:79, Fig. 1] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 45 (no. 1); ref. 23351] Samut Prakan fish market, thought to have come from off Sumat Prakan, Thailand, northern Gulf of Thailand. Current status: Valid as Gerres infasciatus Iwatsuki & Kimura 1998. Gerreidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean and Gulf of Thailand. Habitat: marine.
Species Gerres japonicus Bleeker, 1854 [=Gerres japonicus Bleeker [P.] 1854:404] Notes: [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 13964] Nagasaki, Japan. Current status: Valid as Gerres japonicus Bleeker 1854. Gerreidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Gerres limbatus Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 [=Gerres limbatus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:476, Gerres lucidus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:477] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Malabar, India. Current status: Valid as Gerres limbatus Cuvier 1830. Gerreidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan and India east to China and Taiwan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (lucidus) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Puducherry, India. Current status: Synonym of Gerres limbatus Cuvier 1830. Gerreidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Gerres longirostris (Lacepede, 1801) [=Labrus longirostris Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:427, 468, Pl. 19 (fig. 1), Gerres acinaces Bleeker [P.] 1854:194, Sparus britannus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:41, 132, Sparus commersonii Shaw [G.] 1803:428, Xystaema darnleyense Ogilby [J. D.] 1913:86, Pl. 23, Gerres lineolatus Günther [A.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:110, Pl. 16 (fig. 2), Gerres longicaudus Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:272, Pl. 7 (fig. 2), Gerres poieti Cuvier [G.] 1829:188, Gerres rueppellii Klunzinger [C. B.] 1884:48, not Pl. 5 (fig. 6), Pl. 13 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 3; ref. 2710] Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Gerres longirostris (Lacepède 1801). Gerreidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Mozambique Channel, Aldabra, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Palau and Marquesas Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands and Japan, south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: brackish, marine. (acinaces) [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 342] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres longirostris (Lacepède 1801). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (britannus) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 4; ref. 4929] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Current status: Synonym of Gerres longirostris (Lacepède 1801). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (commersonii) [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Current status: Synonym of Gerres longirostris (Lacepède 1801). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (darnleyense) [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 2; ref. 14966] Erub [= Darnley] Island, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres longirostris (Lacepède 1801). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (lineolatus) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Aden, Arabia; Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Current status: Synonym of Gerres longirostris (Lacepède 1801). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (longicaudus) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Cape Grenville, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres longirostris (Lacepède 1801). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (poieti) [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres longirostris (Lacepède 1801). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (rueppellii) [Die Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 2625] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Current status: Synonym of Gerres longirostris (Lacepède 1801). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
Species Gerres macracanthus Bleeker, 1854 [=Gerres macracanthus Bleeker [P.] 1854:195] Notes: [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 342] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Gerres macracanthus Bleeker 1854. Gerreidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine.
Species Gerres maldivensis Regan, 1902 [=Gerres maldivensis Regan [C. T.] 1902:279] Notes: [The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. Being the Account of the Work Carried on and of the Collections Made by an Expedition During the Years 1899 and 1900 v. 1, pt 3; ref. 14336] Freshwater pool surrounded by mangroves in center of Landu, Miladumadulu Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Gerres maldivensis Regan 1902. Gerreidae. Distribution: Maldives, Indian Ocean. Habitat: freshwater.
Species Gerres methueni Regan, 1920 [=Gerres methueni Regan [C. T.] 1920:420, Xystaema rappi Barnard [K. H.] 1927:630, Fig. 21] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 29); ref. 15253] Lagoons at Ambilo, eastern Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Gerres methueni Regan 1920. Gerreidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: southern Mozambique to Algoa Bay (South Africa), Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (rappi) [Annals of the South African Museum v. 21 (pt 2); ref. 194] KwaZulu-Natal coast, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Current status: Synonym of Gerres methueni Regan 1920. Gerreidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Gerres microphthalmus Iwatsuki et al., 2002 [=Gerres microphthalmus Iwatsuki [Y.], Kimura [S.] & Yoshino [T.] 2002:134, Figs. 1, 2 A-D] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 49 (no. 2); ref. 26151] Meitsu, Nango, Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan, 31°23.5'N, 131°23.5'E, depth less than 20 meters. Current status: Valid as Gerres microphthalmus Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino 2002. Gerreidae. Distribution: Southern Japan. Habitat: marine.
Species Gerres mozambiquensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2007 [=Gerres mozambiquensis Iwatsuki [Y.] & Heemstra [P. C.] 2007:86, Figs. 1, 2A] Notes: [Copeia 2007 (no. 1); ref. 29037] Southern Nampura, upper reaches of Larde Estuary, 16°28.60'S, 39°39.28'E, Mozambique. Current status: Valid as Gerres mozambiquensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2007. Gerreidae. Distribution: Mozambique [habitat unknown]. Habitat: marine. Species Gerres nigri Gunther, 1859 [=Gerres nigri Günther [A.] 1859:347, Gerres octactis Bleeker [P.] 1863:43, Pl. 8 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Niger River; coast of Africa. Current status: Valid as Gerres nigri Günther 1859. Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine. (octactis) [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Guinea. Current status: Synonym of Gerres nigri Günther 1859. Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
Species Gerres oblongus Cuvier, 1830 [=Gerres oblongus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:479, Gerres gigas Günther [A.] 1862:262, Gerres macrosoma Bleeker [P.] 1854:56] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Current status: Valid as Gerres oblongus Cuvier 1830. Gerreidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East and South Africa east to Philippines and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine. (gigas) [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Tonga Islands. Current status: Synonym of Gerres oblongus Cuvier 1830. Gerreidae. Habitat: marine. (macrosoma) [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 16923] Sindangole, Halmahera, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres oblongus Cuvier 1830. Gerreidae. Habitat: marine.
Species Gerres oyena (Forsskal, 1775) [=Labrus oeyena Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:35, xi, Cichla argyrea Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:344, Gerres australis Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:43, Gerres carinatus Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:273, Pl. 7 (fig. 4), Gerres kapas Bleeker [P.] 1851:482, Gerreomorpha rostrata Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:274, Pl. 8 (fig. 3), Gerres socotranus Steindachner [F.] 1902:316, Gerres splendens De Vis [C. W.] 1884:400, Gerres vaigiensis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:292] Notes: [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [Lohajæ] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea; Suez, Egypt, Red Sea; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775). Gerreidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: brackish, marine. (argyrea) [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tana Island [Tanna Island, Vanuatu]. Current status: Synonym of Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (australis) [Researches on the fishes of Australia No. 2; ref. 768] Swan River, Western Australia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (carinatus) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Erub [= Darnley] Island, 9°35'S, 143°46'E, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (kapas) [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 16898] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia; Rio [Rhio or Riouw], Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775). Gerreidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine. (rostrata) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Torres Strait [Australia/Papua New Guinea]. Current status: Synonym of Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (socotranus) [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien v. 39 (no. 24) (art. 76); ref. 14894] Kor Garrieh, Sokotra [Socotra] Island, Yemen. Current status: Synonym of Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (splendens) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 2); ref. 1090] Cardwell, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (vaigiensis) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Rawak Island, Bismarck Archipelago and Waugeo, Indionesia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
Species Gerres phaiya Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001 [=Gerres phaiya Iwatsuki [Y.] & Heemstra [P. C.] 2001:1044, Figs. 1 A-B, 2A] Notes: [Copeia 2001 (no. 4); ref. 25822] Mangalore, Karnataka, India, 12°55'N, 74°30'E. Current status: Valid as Gerres phaiya Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2001. Gerreidae. Distribution: Pakistan and India to Andaman Sea east to Singapore. Habitat: marine.
Species Gerres ryukyuensis Iwatsuki et al., 2007 [=Gerres ryukyuensis Iwatsuki [Y.], Kimura [S.] & Yoshino [T.] 2007:174, Figs. 4A, 5] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 54; ref. 29158] Haneji Inland Sea, 26°39'14"N, 128°00'36"E, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Current status: Valid as Gerres ryukyuensis Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino 2007. Gerreidae. Distribution: Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.
Species Gerres septemfasciatus Liu & Yan, 2009 [=Gerres septemfasciatus Liu [J.] & Yan [Y.-R.] 2009:355, Fig. 1] Notes: [Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology v. 27 (no. 3); ref. 31089] South China Sea, Xinying Harbor, Lingao County, Hainan Province, China. Current status: Valid as Gerres septemfasciatus Liu & Yan 2009. Gerreidae. Distribution: South China Sea, China. Habitat: marine.
Species Gerres setifer (Hamilton, 1822) [=Chanda setifer Hamilton [F.] 1822:105, 370, Gerres altispinis Günther [A.] 1862:258] Notes: [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges River estuaries, India. Current status: Valid as Gerres setifer (Hamilton 1822). Gerreidae. Distribution: Northeastern Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine. (altispinis) [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Ganges River. Current status: Synonym of Gerres setifer (Hamilton 1822). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
Species Gerres shima Iwatsuki et al., 2007 [=Gerres shima Iwatsuki [Y.], Kimura [S.] & Yoshino [T.] 2007:174, Figs. 3D, 4B] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 54; ref. 29158] Hisha River estuary, 24°23'40"N, 123°48'44"E, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Current status: Valid as Gerres shima Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino 2007. Gerreidae. Distribution: Andaman Sea and Western North Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine.
Species Gerres silaceus Iwatsuki et al., 2001 [=Gerres silaceus Iwatsuki [Y.], Kimura [S.] & Yoshino [T.] 2001:165, Fig. 1] Notes: [Copeia 2001 (no. 1); ref. 25128] Sea-grass bed, inner area of northern Pattani Bay, Pattani Province, Thailand, 6°55.00'N, 101°15.16'E. Current status: Valid as Gerres silaceus Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino 2001. Gerreidae. Distribution: Thailand. Habitat: marine.
Species Gerres simillimus Regan, 1907 [=Gerres simillimus Regan [C. T.] 1907:38, Pl. 8 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Biologia Centrali-Americana Part 215; ref. 3629] Río Presidio, Mexico. Current status: Valid as Gerres simillimus Regan 1907. Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
Species Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier, 1830 [=Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:477, Gerres ovatus Günther [A.] 1859:343] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Current status: Valid as Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier 1830. Gerreidae. Distribution: Australia; possibly southern New Guinea. Habitat: brackish, marine. (ovatus) [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Australia. Current status: Synonym of Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier 1830. Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.
GENUS Parequula Steindachner, 1879 [=Parequula Steindachner [F.] 1879:8, Chthamalopteryx Ogilby [J. D.] 1888:616] Notes: [ref. 4228]. Fem. Parequula bicornis Steindachner 1879. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Parequula Steindachner 1879 -- (Gomon et al. 1994:598 [ref. 22532], Woodland 2001:2946 [ref. 26102], Hoese & Bray 2006:1217 [ref. 29000], Gomon 2008:587 [ref. 30616], Iwatsuki et al. 2012:43 [ref. 32126]). Current status: Valid as Parequula Steindachner 1879. Gerreidae. (Chthamalopteryx) [ref. 3263]. Fem. Gerres melbournensis Castelnau 1872. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Parequula Steindachner 1879. Current status: Synonym of Parequula Steindachner 1879. Gerreidae.
Species Parequula elongata Iwatsuki et al., 2012 [=Parequula elongata Iwatsuki [Y.], Pogonoski [J. J.] & Last [P. R.] 2012:43, Figs. 1A, 3A] Notes: [Zootaxa No. 3425; ref. 32126] Off Rottnest I., Western Australia, Australia (32°08’S, 115°15’E). Current status: Valid as Parequula elongata Iwatsuki, Pogonoski & Last 2012. Gerreidae. Distribution: Southwestern Australia. Habitat: marine.
Species Parequula melbournensis Castelnau, 1872 [=Gerres melbournensis Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:158, Parequula bicornis Steindachner [F.] 1879:30] Notes: [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1; ref. 757] Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Current status: Valid as Parequula melbournensis (Castelnau 1872). Gerreidae. Distribution: Australia: New South Wales to Western Australia, also Tasmania. Habitat: marine. (bicornis) [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 20480] Hobson Bay, 37°51'S, 144°56'E, and Murray River, Victoria, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Parequula melbournensis (Castelnau 1872). Gerreidae. Habitat: marine.
GENUS Pentaprion Bleeker, 1850 [=Pentaprion Bleeker [P.] 1850:13, Clara Gill [T. N.] 1862:127] Notes: [ref. 322]. Masc. Pentaprion gerreoides Bleeker 1850. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Pentaprion Bleeker 1850 -- (Akazaki & Juso in Masuda et al. 1984:161 [ref. 6441], Woodland 2001:2947 [ref. 26102], Hoese & Bray 2006:1217 [ref. 29000], Kottelat 2013:347 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Pentaprion Bleeker 1850. Gerreidae. (Clara) [ref. 1659]. Fem. Equula longimana Cantor 1849. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Pentaprion Bleeker 1850 -- (Kottelat 2013:347 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pentaprion Bleeker 1850. Gerreidae.
Species Pentaprion longimanus (Cantor, 1849) [=Equula longimanus Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1134 [152], Pentaprion gerreoides Bleeker [P.] 1850:13] Notes: [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Sea of Malayan Peninsula and islands. Current status: Valid as Pentaprion longimanus (Cantor 1849). Gerreidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine. (gerreoides) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 7); ref. 322] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Pentaprion longimanus (Cantor 1849). Gerreidae. Habitat: marine.
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Unavailable names, uncertain taxa
(genera) Mormyrus Catesby [M.] 1771:2 [The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands; ref. 774] Masc. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 89, Opinion 259). Gerreidae.
(species) caerulescens, Sparus Sessé [M.] & Mocigno [J. M.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:463 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Not available, name mentioned in passing in the account of Gerres aprion; from Mexico. Modern spelling of second author's name is Mociño. Gerreidae. egregius, Eucinostomus Poey [F.] 2000:201, Pls. 133 (figs. 2-3), 134 [Ictiologia Cubana. Posthumous transcription of original unpublished manuscript (1884) by M. Sánchez Roig and F. Gómez de la Maza v. 1-3; ref. 26366] Not available; not explicitly proposed as new [see Art. 16.1 of the Code]. Posthumous publication. Gerreidae. meeki, Eucinostomus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1903:229, Fig. 10 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 1217] San Juan River, just below its first ford, western Cuba. Holotype: CAS 79621 [ex IU 9660]. Gerreidae. Habitat: marine. not named, Gerres cinereus var. Eigenmann [R. S.] 1891:155 [American Naturalist v. 25 (no. 290); ref. 1268] Described as "Gerres cinereus, var. nov." -- a "var. nov." between G. californiensis and G. cinereus; but the variety (one specimen from San Diego) was not named. Not available. •In the synonymy of Eucinostomus californiensis (Gill 1862) or Eucinosatomus gracilis (Gill 1862). Current status: Synonym of Eucinostomus californiensis (Gill 1862). Gerreidae. poeyi, Eucinostomus Longley [W. H.] 1935:88 [Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book No. 34; ref. 13714] Cuba. Holotype (unique): MCZ 22014. Gerreidae. Habitat: marine. bispinosus, Gerres Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:273, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Hall Sound, Papua New Guinea. Syntypes: AMS I.16348-001 [ex MAMU F621] (2). Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:207 [ref. 19518]. Appeared as a new species in Jouan 1878:333 [ref. 18364] but not new there. •Questionably a synonym of Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775) -- (Iwatsuki et al. 1999:385 [ref. 24200], Kottelat 2013:346 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. edentulus, Sparus Günther [A.] 1859:346 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Not available, name on specimen mentioned in passing under Gerres punctatus. Gerreidae. longirostris, Gerres Günther [A.] (ex Rapp) 1861:189 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 8 (no. 44); ref. 18178] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: Museum of Tübingen University, Zoology Department [lost]. Also appeared in Günther (May) 1861:142, Pl. 24 [ref. 21404] [apparently earliest]. •Secondarily preoccupied in Gerres by Labrus longirostris Lacepède 1801 -- (Iwatsuki et al. 1999:391 [ref. 24200]). Gerreidae. Habitat: marine. richii, Gerres Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:469 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Indian seas and "Port de San Matheo al Mar, pres d'Acapulco" [probably in error for eastern Pacific or western Atlanti.]. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9468 (1) Indian seas, 0000-9469 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:17 [ref. 15502] with 9468 as holotype, 9469 as paratype. See Fricke 1999:283 [ref. 24106]. See Iwatsuki et al. 1999:391 [ref. 24200] who questioned Indian seas locality. •Mention -- (Iwatsuki et al. 2007:183 [ref. 29158]). Gerreidae. Habitat: marine. squamipinnis, Gerres Günther [A.] 1859:349 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Jamaica; Guatemala. Syntypes: (at least 6) BMNH 1848.1.12.922-.923 and .925-.927 (5, dry skins), BMNH 1853.1.11.1 (1) Guatemala;, ?ZMB 6797 (?1) Panama. Also listed was Plate XXI, but on preface p. vi it is stated, "The Plates referred to, and executed by Mr. Ford, will be published as a separate volume." Gerreidae. Habitat: marine. zebra, Gerres Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] in Schomburgk 1848:668 [14] [The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions.; ref. 17812] Barbados, West Indies. Syntypes: ZMB 1210 (3). Appeared first as above; reprinted in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1848:14. Gerreidae. Habitat: marine.