Antigonia capros
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Gerreiformes
Familia: Gerreidae
Subfamiliae: Gerreinae - Pentaprioninae
Genera: Deckertichthys – Diapterus - Eucinostomus - Eugerres - Gerres - Parequula - Pentaprion – †Pharisatichthys
Name
Gerreidae Bleeker 1859
based on Gerreoidei Bleeker, 1859
Type genus: Gerres Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Synonyms
Gerreoidei Bleeker, 1859
Gerridae (Bleeker, 1859) -- Günther, 1862
Eucinostomidae Miranda Ribeiro, 1913
Xystaemidae Cockerell, 1915
References
Bleeker, P. 1859. Bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Bawean. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 18: 351–358. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1971. Opinion 962: Gerridae in Pisces and Hemiptera: removal of homonymy in family-group names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 28(1/2): 41–43. BHL Reference page.
Links
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]
Vernacular names
čeština: Ostnušíčkovití
English: Mojarras
The mojarras are a family, Gerreidae, of fish in the order Perciformes. The family includes about 53 species found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate regions. They mostly inhabit coastal salt and brackish waters, although some occur in fresh water.
Mojarras are a common prey and bait fish in many parts of the world, including the South American coast and Caribbean islands as well as the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast of North America.[2] These species tend to be difficult to identify in the field and often require microscopic examination. Most species exhibit a schooling behavior and tend to exploit the shallow water refugia associated with coastal areas presumably to avoid large-bodied predators, such as the lemon shark.[3]
Mojarra is also commonly used in Latin American countries as a name for various species of the cichlid family, including tilapia.
Genera
The ten genera currently assigned to this family are:[4][5]
†Aspesiperca Bannikov 2008 (only known from fossil remains)
†Gerreidarum (only known from fossilized otolith remains)
Deckertichthys Vergara-Solana, 2014[5]
Diapterus Ranzani, 1842
Eucinostomus Baird & Girard, 1855
Eugerres Jordan & Evermann, 1927
Gerres Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Parequula Steindachner, 1879
Pentaprion Bleeker, 1850
Ulaema Jordan & Evermann 1895
Timeline
See also
Silver biddy
References
Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
Northeast Gulf Science Vol. 5 No. 1 1981
Bright, Michael (2000). The private life of sharks : the truth behind the myth. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-2875-7.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Gerreidae". FishBase. February 2014 version.
Vergara-Solana, F.J., García-Rodriguez, F.J., Tavera, J.J., De Luna, E. & De La Cruz-Agüero, J. (2014): Molecular and morphometric systematics of Diapterus (Perciformes, Gerreidae). Zoologica Scripta, 43 (4): 338–350.
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