| Gazza | |
|---|---|
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| G. minuta. | |
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| G. achlamys. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Leiognathidae |
| Genus: | Gazza Rüppell, 1835[1] |
| Type species | |
| Gazza equulaeformis Rüppell, 1835 | |
Gazza is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae which are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Gazza achlamys D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1917[3] (Smalltoothed ponyfish)
- Gazza dentex (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835)[4] (Ovoid toothpony)
- Gazza minuta (Bloch, 1795)[5] (Toothpony)
- Gazza rhombea Kimura, Yamashita & Iwatsuki, 2000[6] (Rhomboid toothpony)
- Gazza squamiventralis Yamashita & Kimura, 2001[7] (Scaled belly toothpony)
References
- ↑ Rüppell, Eduard (1835). "Gazza, nov. Genus. Rüppell". Fische des rothen Meeres. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Frankfurt am Main. pp. 3–4; Pl. 1, Fig. 3.
{{cite book}}: External link in|postscript= - 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gazza in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ↑ Jordan, David Starr; Starks, Edwin Chapin (1917). "Notes on a Collection of Fishes from Ceylon, with Descriptions of New Species". Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 11: 446–447; Pl. 45.
{{cite journal}}: External link in|postscript= - ↑ Cuvier, [G.]; Valenciennes, A. (1835). "L'Equula denté". Histoire naturelle des poissons. Vol. 10. Paris: F. G. Levrault. pp. 91–92.
- ↑ Bloch, Marcus Elieser (1795). "Die kleine Makrele. Scomber minutus". Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Vol. 9. Berlin. pp. 110–111; Pl. 429, Fig. 2.
{{cite book}}: External link in|postscript= - ↑ Kimura, Seishi; Yamashita, Tsuyoshi; Iwatsuki, Yukio (2000). "A new species, Gazza rhombea, from the Indo-West Pacific, with a redescription of G. achlamys Jordan & Starks, 1917 (Perciformes: Leiognathidae)". Ichthyological Research. 47 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1007/BF02674308.
- ↑ Yamashita, Tsuyoshi; Kimura, Seishi (2001). "A new species, Gazza squamiventralis, from the East Coast of Africa (Perciformes: Leiognathidae)". Ichthyological Research. 48 (2): 161–166. doi:10.1007/s10228-001-8131-8.
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