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Eugerres

Eugerres is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Gerreidae, the mojarras. The genus was erected by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann in 1927. They are native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas, occurring mainly in salt and brackish waters, but may enter fresh water. The genus also includes one strict fresh water species, E. mexicanus, native to southern Mexico and Guatemala.

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Eugerres
Eugerres brasilianus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Gerreidae
Genus: Eugerres
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1927
Type species
Gerres plumieri
G. Cuvier, 1830

Eugerres is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Gerreidae, the mojarras. The genus was erected by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann in 1927. They are native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas,1 occurring mainly in salt and brackish waters, but may enter fresh water. The genus also includes one strict fresh water species, E. mexicanus, native to southern Mexico and Guatemala.2

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:3

  • Eugerres awlae Schultz, 1949 (Maracaibo mojarra)
  • Eugerres axillaris (Günther, 1864) (black axillary mojarra)
  • Eugerres brasilianus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Brazilian mojarra)
  • Eugerres brevimanus (Günther, 1864) (short-fin mojarra)
  • Eugerres lineatus (Humboldt, 1821) (streaked mojarra)
  • Eugerres mexicanus (Steindachner, 1863) (Mexican mojarra)
  • Eugerres plumieri (G. Cuvier, 1830) (striped mojarra)
Synonyms
  • Eugerres castroaguirrei González-Acosta & Rodiles-Hernández, 2013; valid as E. mexicanus4
  • Eugerres periche (Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) (Periche mojarra); valid as E. brevimanus
References

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Eugerres". FishBase. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  2. González-Acosta, A.F.; Rodiles-Hernández, R. (2013). "New species of Eugerres from the Usumacinta Province, México and Guatemala with a redescription of E. mexicanus (Steindachner, 1863) (Teleostei: Gerreidae)" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 11 (2): 307–318.
  3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Eugerres". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  4. Martínez-Guevara, A. (2015-12-31). "Eugerres castroaguirrei González-Acosta et Rodiles-Hernández, 2013 is a junior synonym of Eugerres mexicanus (Steindachner, 1863) (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gerreidae)". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 45 (4): 393–401. doi:10.3750/AIP2015.45.4.07.