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.
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