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Gazza (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Leiognathidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Scientific name
  
Gazza

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Gazza minuta, Equulites, Karalla daura, Eubleekeria splendens, Perciformes

Gazza is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:

  • Gazza achlamys D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1917 (Smalltoothed ponyfish)
  • Gazza dentex (Valenciennes, 1835) (Ovoid toothpony)
  • Gazza minuta (Bloch, 1795) (Toothpony)
  • Gazza rhombea Seishi Kimura, T. Yamashita & Iwatsuki, 2000 (Rhomboid toothpony)
  • Gazza squamiventralis T. Yamashita & Seishi Kimura, 2001 (Scaled belly toothpony)

    • References

    Gazza (genus) Wikipedia
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