| Citation | Heemstra, P.C., E. Heemstra, D.A. Ebert, W. Holleman and J.E. Randall (eds.), 2022, Coastal fishes of the Western Indian Ocean Vol. 4.. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, a National Research Facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF-SAIAB), 650 p. |
| Ref. | 127963 Heemstra, P.C., E. Heemstra, D.A. Ebert, W. Holleman and J.E. Randall (eds.), 2022 |
| Page | 370 |
| Named Used as Valid | Omobranchus ferox |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Indo-Pacific: Mozambique (Lake Poelela and Maputo Bay) and Sri Lanka to east coast of India, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, New Guinea and Australia. Invasive in Hawaii and continental United States. |
| Quote | Not known from East Africa north of Mozambique, northern Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Persian/Arabian Gulf); |