Gerres silaceus Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2001
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 silaceus Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2001
- Name authority
- Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyGerreidae Bleeker, 1859
- genusGerres Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- speciesGerres silaceus Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2001
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gerres. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gerres baconensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres chrysops Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 1999 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowfin mojarraGerres cinereus (Walbaum, 1792) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres decacanthus (Bleeker, 1864) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres erythrourus (Bloch, 1791) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres longirostris (Lacepède, 1801) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres maldivensis Regan, 1902 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres methueni Regan, 1920 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres nigri Günther, 1859 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| common silver-biddyGerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres septemfasciatus Liu & Yan, 2009 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres setifer (Hamilton, 1822) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Iwatsuki, Y., Kimura, S., & Yoshino, T. (2001). New species of Gerres from the southern Malay Peninsula, belonging to the Gerres setifer complex (Perciformes: Gerreidae). Copeia, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0164:nsogft]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:3FX4P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.