WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Gerres abbreviatus Bleeker, 1850

AphiaID

218531 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218531)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Gerres erythrourus (Bloch, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Gerres Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Original name

Gerres abbreviatus Bleeker, 1850

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Bleeker, P. (1850). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Maenoïden van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 23 (no. 7): 1-13. [details]

Descriptive notes

Description Lives in small schools on sandy bottoms. Juveniles are found in the littoral zone, larger fish down to 40 m depth. Feeds on...

Description Lives in small schools on sandy bottoms. Juveniles are found in the littoral zone, larger fish down to 40 m depth. Feeds on small polychaetes, bivalves, crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 3409). Occurs at a temperature of range of 26.0-29.0 °C (Ref. 4959). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gerres abbreviatus Bleeker, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218531 on 2025-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-24 18:26:33Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Bleeker, P. (1850). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Maenoïden van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 23 (no. 7): 1-13. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]