Gazza rhombea

Taxonavigation: Chaetodontiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Chaetodontiformes

Familia: Leiognathidae
Subfamilia: Gazzinae
Genus: Gazza
Species: Gazza rhombea

Name

Gazza rhombea Kimura et al., 2000

• Holotype: NSMT-P 55508.
• Paratypes: AMS I.16664-001 (2); FMNH 2428 (1), 105069-71 (1, 1, 34); FRLM 10693 (1), 10699 (1), 10702 (1), 12970 (1), 12976 (2), 14606 (1), 14763 (1), 15713 (1); MUFS 17300-01 (1, 1); NSMT-P 45892 (1), 49766 (1); URM-P 27427 (1); USNM 332347 (1), 350467 (1); Paratype#YCM-HLP 122 (1), 185 (1), 443 (1); ZUMT 55151-52 (1, 1).

Type locality: Fumauki Bay, Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan, 24°20'15"N, 123°44'20"E, depth about 50 meters.

Etymology: Named in reference to the deep-bodied profile of the species.

Vernacular names

English: Rhomboid toothpony

References

• Kimura, S., Yamashita, T. & Iwatsuki, Y., 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.