punctatus, Gerres Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:480 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] India. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9495 (1) Puducherry, 0000-9496 (2) Puducherry, 1988-0254 [ex MNHN 0000-9496] (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:17 [ref. 15502] with 1988-254 as another species. •Valid as Gerres punctatus Cuvier 1830 -- (Herrera 1896:56 [ref. 39336]). •Synonym of Gerres filamentosus Cuvier 1829 -- (Dor 1984:147 [ref. 29757], Roux 1986:326 [ref. 6209], Woodland 2001:2952 [ref. 26102], Kottelat 2013:345 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Synonym of Gerres filamentosus Cuvier 1829. Gerreidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.