poieti, Gerres Cuvier [G.] 1829:188 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Molucca Islands, Indonesia. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:16 [ref. 15502]. Available from footnote as, "G. poieti, N., Ren., pl. ii, f. 9, Valent., no. 354." ('Ikan mata bezar' of Valentyn 1726:458, fig. 354 [ref. 30358]). Spelled poeti (incorrect subsequent spelling) in Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:468 [ref. 996]. Neotype (MNHN 9467) designated in Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:16 [ref. 15502] but that was not in a revisory work and is invalid (see Iwatsuki & Kimura 1997:5 [ref. 27710]). Spelled poetie by Bleeker 1845:512 [ref. 312]. See Woodland 2001:2949 [ref. 26102] for nomenclatural note, but he incorrectly credits the species to Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830. •Valid as Gerres poeti [sic] Cuvier 1829 -- (Dor 1984:148 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:41 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Gerres poieti Cuvier 1829 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:843 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:115 [ref. 23448], Iwatsuki & Kimura 1997:5 [ref. 27710], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:619 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2001:167 [ref. 25128], Woodland 2001:2957 [ref. 26102] [see below]). •Synonym of Gerres longirostris (Lacepède 1801) -- (Iwatsuki et al. 2001:955 [ref. 25800], Hoese & Bray 2006:1214 [ref. 29000], Eagderi et al. 2019:56 [ref. 37020]). Current status: Synonym of Gerres longirostris (Lacepède 1801). Gerreidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.