abbreviatus, Gerres Bleeker [P.] 1850:11 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 7); ref. 322] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 6682. Paralectotypes or non-types: BMNH 1880.4.21.182 [or 192] (1); NMV 46119 (1); NMW 21524 (1); RMNH 33099 [ex RMNH 6682] (some of 20); SMNS 10597 (3). Type catalog: Fricke 1991:14 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:39 [ref. 29864]. Also appeared in Bleeker 1850:1043 [ref. 16888]. Lectotype selected by Iwatsuki et al. 1998:165 [ref. 23310]. •Valid as Gerres abbreviatus Bleeker 1850 -- (Akazaki & Juso in Masuda et al. 1984:161 [ref. 6441], Roux 1986:326 [ref. 6209], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:520 [ref. 25598], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:337 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:77 [ref. 26476], Larson & Williams 1997:360 [ref. 23967], Iwatsuki & Kimura 1997:5 [ref. 27710], Kuiter 1997:166 [ref. 25488], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:619 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Woodland 2001:2950 [ref. 26102]). •Synonym of Gerres erythrourus (Bloch 1791) -- (Iwatsuki et al. 1998:165 [ref. 23310], Iwatsuki et al. 1999:391 [ref. 24200], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2001:1047 [ref. 25822], Hoese & Bray 2006:1213 [ref. 29000], Kottelat 2013:345 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gerres erythrourus (Bloch 1791). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.