methueni, Gerres Regan [C. T.] 1920:420 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 29); ref. 15253] Lagoons at Ambilo, eastern Madagascar. Lectotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 31915. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1920.3.2.6 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 31916 [ex TMP 10102 or 10103] (1). Lectotype selected by Iwatsuki & Kimura 1997:2 [ref. 22710] as RUSI 31915 [ex TMP 10102] [but apparently 31915 was lost in the mails]. •Valid as Gerres methueni Regan 1920 -- (Iwatsuki & Kimura 1997:2 [ref. 22710], Iwatsuki et al. 2001:164 [ref. 25128], Iwatsuki et al. 2001:307 [ref. 25549], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:258 [ref. 28072], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2007:85 [ref. 29037], Fricke et al. 2018:204 [ref. 35805]Swartkops River). Current status: Valid as Gerres methueni Regan 1920. Gerreidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to southern Mozambique, east to Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
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