Biology:Gazza (fish)

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Gazza
Gazza minuta Bloch 1795.jpg
G. minuta.
Gazza achlamys Jordan Starks 1917.png
G. achlamys.
Scientific classification e
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

  1. 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140327; Pl. 1, Fig. 3. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gazza in FishBase. December 2013 version.
  3. 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9479874; Pl. 45. 
  4. Cuvier, [G.]; Valenciennes, A. (1835). "L'Equula denté". Histoire naturelle des poissons. 10. Paris: F. G. Levrault. pp. 91–92. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4443662. 
  5. Bloch, Marcus Elieser (1795). "Die kleine Makrele. Scomber minutus". Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. 9. Berlin. pp. 110–111. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41367814; Pl. 429, Fig. 2. 
  6. 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. 
  7. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2781876 entry