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