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Gerres phaiya Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Gerres phaiya Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001
Name authority
Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Family
Gerreidae
Genus
Gerres
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. familyGerreidae Bleeker, 1859
  11. genusGerres Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  12. speciesGerres phaiya Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Gerres. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Gerres baconensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907)GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gerres chrysops Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 1999GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
yellowfin mojarraGerres cinereus (Walbaum, 1792)GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gerres decacanthus (Bleeker, 1864)GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gerres erythrourus (Bloch, 1791)GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gerres longirostris (Lacepède, 1801)GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gerres maldivensis Regan, 1902GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gerres methueni Regan, 1920GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gerres nigri Günther, 1859GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
common silver-biddyGerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775)GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gerres septemfasciatus Liu & Yan, 2009GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gerres setifer (Hamilton, 1822)GerreidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 51 records assigned to Gerreidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Gerres phayia Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001 Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Iwatsuki, Y., & Heemstra, P. C. (2001). Gerres phaiya: a new species of gerreid fish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gerreidae) from India, with comments on Gerres poieti and the Gerres erythrourus complex. Copeia, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[1043:gpanso]2.0.co;2 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3FX45. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.