Gazza squamiventralis

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 squamiventralis

Name

Gazza squamiventralis Yamashita & Kimura, 2001

• Holotype: USNM 345525.
• Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 47103-04 (3, 3); USNM 345526 (2).

Type locality: Kilindini Harbor, Mombasa, Kenya, depth about 4-13 meters.

Etymology: Named for the scalation of this species.

Vernacular names

English: Scaled belly toothpony

References

• Yamashita, T. & Kimura, S., 2001: A new species, Gazza squamiventralis, from the East coast of Africa (Perciformes: Leiognathidae). Ichthyological Research, 48 (2): 161-166.