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  • Gerres limbatus
  • Gerres limbatus
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Scientific Name Gerres limbatus    Cuvier, 1830
Common Name
Type Locality Malabar, India.
Synonym(s) Catochaenum limbatum, Gerres lucidus, Xystaema limbatum
Etymology Gerres: Latin, gerres = a kind of anchovies; cited by Plinius. 
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Size 150mm or 5.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Indo-West Pacific: India and Sri Lanka to southeast Asia and the South China Sea.
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2013.
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Feeding Feeds on small animals living on mud-sand bottoms. User data.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6, pp 476.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2014 Nov 13 23:19)