Gazza achlamys

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 achlamys

Name

Gazza achlamys Jordan & Starks, 1917

• Holotype: FMNH 58939 [ex CM 8074a].
• Paratypes: FMNH [ex CM 8075] 58966 (2); CAS-SU 21652 (2), 22853 (2).

Type locality: Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Synonyms

• Gazza shettyi Jayabalan, 1986

Vernacular names

English: Smalltoothed ponyfish

References

• Jordan, D. S. & Starks, E. C., 1917: Notes on a collection of fishes from Ceylon with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 11 (3/4): 430–460. BHL

• 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.