''Gerres cinereus'', also known by its common name yellowfin mojarra is a

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from the

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Gerres ''Gerres'' is a genus of mojarras found mostly in coastal regions from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific. A single species, ''G. simillimus'', is from the East Pacific. They mainly inhabit salt and brackis ...

''. The species was originally described by

Johann Julius Walbaum Johann Julius Walbaum (30 June 1724 – 21 August 1799) was a German physician, naturalist and fauna taxonomist. Works As an ichthyologist, he was the first to describe many previously unknown fish species from remote parts of the globe, such ...

in 1792.

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Taxa named by Johann Julius Walbaum cinereus {{Percoidea-stub