Gazza minuta

Gazza minuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Genus: Gazza
Species: G. minuta
Binomial name
Gazza minuta
(Bloch, 1795)
Synonyms[1]
  • Scomber minutus Block, 1795[2]
  • Zeus argentarius Forster, 1801
  • Gazza equulaeformis Rüppell, 1835[3]
  • Gazza tapeinosoma Bleeer 1853
  • Equula dispar De Vis, 1884

Gazza minuta, commonly known as the toothpony, is a species of fish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is found in salt and brackish waters.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Gazza minuta" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
  2. ↑ Bloch, Marcus Elieser (1795). "Die kleine Makrele. Scomber minutus". Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. 9. Berlin. pp. 110–111; Pl. 429, Fig. 2.
  3. ↑ Rüppell, Eduard (1835). "Gazza equulaeformis. Rüppell". Fische des rothen Meeres. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Frankfurt am Main. p. 4; Pl. 1, Fig. 3.


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