After Froese & Pauly, 2001 and Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2001a , 2001b

<==o Gerres [Xystaema] [28]
   |-- G. argyreus (Forster, 1801) (Common mojarra)
   |-- G. australis Castelnau, 1875
   |-- G. carinatus Alleyne & Macleay, 1877
   |-- G. cinereus (Walbaum, 1792) (Yellow fin mojarra)
   |-- G. japonicus Bleeker, 1854
   |-- G. kapas Bleeker, 1851 (Singapore silver-biddy)
   |-- G. lucidus Cuvier, 1830 (Saddleback silver-biddy)
   |-- G. methueni Regan, 1920 (Striped silver biddy)
   |-- G. nigri Günther, 1859 (Guinean striped mojarra)
   |-- G. ovatus Günther, 1859
   |-- G. philippinus Günther, 1862
   |-- G. splendens De Vis, 1885
   |-- G. subfasciatus Cuvier, 1830 (Common silver belly)
   |--o G. erythrourus (Bloch, 1791) -complex
   |  |-- G. phaiya Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001 [G. poeti Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830] (Strong spined silver-biddy)
   |  `-- G. erythrourus (Bloch, 1791) (Deep-bodied mojarra)
   |--o G. longirostris (Lacépède, 1801) -complex
   |  |-- G. longirostris (Lacépède, 1801) [synonyms] (Longtail Silverbiddy)
   |  `-- G. oblongus Cuvier, 1830 [G. macrosoma Bleeker, 1854 (Large-bodied silver-biddy); G. gigas Günther, 1862] (Slender silverbiddy)
   |--o G. filamentosus Cuvier, 1829 -complex
   |  |-- G. filamentosus Cuvier, 1829 (Whipfin silverbiddy)
   |  |-- G. infasciatus Iwatsuki & Kimura, 1998 (Nonbanded whipfin mojarra)
   |  `-- G. macracanthus Bleeker, 1854
   |--o G. oyena (Forsskål, 1775) -complex
   |  |-- G. baconensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907)
   |  |?- G. equulus Temminck & Schlegel
   |  `-- G. oyena (Forsskål, 1775) (Common silver-biddy)
   `--o Gerres setifer (Hamilton, 1822) -complex
      |-- G. chrysops Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 1999 (Gold sheen silver-biddy)
      |-- G. decacanthus (Bleeker, 1865) (Small Chinese silver-biddy)
      |-- G. setifer (Hamilton, 1822) (Small Bengal silver-biddy)
      `-- G. silaceus Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2001 (Malayan silver-biddy)

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