Gazza (fish)

Gazza
G. minuta.
G. achlamys.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
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]

References

  1. ^ Rüppell, Eduard (1835). "Gazza, nov. Genus. Rüppell". Fische des rothen Meeres. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Vol. 1835–1840. Frankfurt am Main. pp. 3–4;Pl. 1, Fig. 3.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gazza". 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;Pl. 45.
  4. ^ Cuvier, [G.]; Valenciennes, A. (1835). "L'Equula denté". Histoire naturelle des poissons. Vol. 10. Paris: F. G. Levrault. pp. 91–92.
  5. ^ Bloch, Marcus Elieser (1795). "Die kleine Makrele. Scomber minutus". Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Vol. 9. Berlin. pp. 110–111;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.


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