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  • Gerres limbatus
  • Gerres limbatus
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Scientific Name Gerres limbatus  Cuvier, 1830
Common Name
Type Locality Malabar, India.
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 2020 Oct 27 06:44 (species record created: 2014 Nov 13 23:19)