argyrea, Cichla Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:344 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tana Island [Tanna Island, Vanuatu]. No type material. Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). •Valid as Gerres argyreus (Forster 1801) -- (Dor 1984:147 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:40 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:284 [ref. 24106], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:619 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:103 [ref. 25868], Woodland 2001:2951 [ref. 26102], Allen & Adrim 2003:39 [ref. 26830] with authors as Bloch & Schneider, Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 20 [ref. 38321]). •Synonym of Gerres oyena (Forsskål 1775) -- (Iwatsuki et al. 1999:385 [ref. 24200], Randall 2005:289 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:334 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Bray 2006:1216 [ref. 29000], Allen & Erdmann 2012:469 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:346 [ref. 32989], Eagderi et al. 2019:57 [ref. 37020]). •Synonym of Gerres oeyena (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:36 [ref. 30182]). •Synonym of Gerres oyena (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Gerres oyena (Fabricius 1775). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.