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Gazza minuta
Country
| Country | Myanmar |
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| Continent Ocean | Asia |
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia (COL) |
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| Phylum | Chordata (COL) |
| Class | Actinopterygii (COL) |
| Order | Perciformes (COL) |
| Family | Leiognathidae (COL) |
Taxonomy
| Genus | Gazza | Reference | |
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| SubGenus | Vernacular Name | ||
| Species | minuta | IUCN Threat Status-Year | Least Concern, 2012 |
| SubSpecies | Nat'l Threat Status-Year | Not Evaluated, 2000 | |
| Infraspecies | Reason for Change | ||
| Infraspecies Rank | CITES | ||
| Taxonomic Group | Fish | Native Status | Native |
| Scientific Name Author | (Bloch, 1795) | Country Distribution | Myanmar |
| Citation | Description | Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and the east African coast (30? to about 50?S) to Australia and Tahiti, north to the Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 27956).
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is found in the Indo-West Pacific, from South Africa, Red Sea, coasts of India, through south-east Asia to southern Japan and east to Tonga.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Australia; Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; China; Fiji; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Japan; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mauritius; Micronesia, Federated States of ; New Caledonia; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Vanuatu; Viet Nam
Lower depth limit (metres): 75
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Population [top]
Population: This is a common species, but no population statistics are available.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This common species inhabits inshore coastal waters, river mouths and estuaries, and occurs in schools. It is found at depths to 75 m, usually over muddy to sandy-mud substrates. The juveniles especially enter estuaries. The species feeds on small fishes, prawns, other crustaceans and polychaetes.
Systems: Freshwater; Marine
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: Larger individuals may be marketed fresh or dried and salted. It is mostly sold for domestic animal feed (e.g. for ducks) (Carpenter and Niem 2001).
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s):
There do not appear to be any major threats to this species at this time.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions:
This species occurs within several marine protected areas within its wide distribution.
Citation: Larson, H. 2012. Gazza minuta. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T166575A1137570. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T166575A1137570.en. Downloaded on 30 May 2016.
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| Individual Count | 0 | GML Features | |
| Observerd Individual Count | 0 | Notes |
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Additional Info
Synonyms To Manage Synonyms for Gazza minuta, click this link: Synonyms. |
equula dispar De Vis, 1884 ¦ Equula minuta (Bloch, 1795) ¦ Gaza minuta (Bloch, 1795) ¦ Gazza argentaria (Forster, 1801) ¦ Gazza dispar (De Vis, 1884) ¦ Gazza equulaeformis Rüppell, 1835 ¦ Gazza equulasformis Rüppell, 1835 ¦ Gazza equuleformis Rüppell, 1835 ¦ Gazza minuata (Bloch, 1795) ¦ Gazza tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1853 ¦ Scomber minutus Bloch, 1795 ¦ Zeus argentarius Forster, 1801 ¦ |
Common Names To Manage Common Names for Gazza minuta, click this link: Common Names. |
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Localities To Manage Localities for Gazza minuta, click this link: Localities. |
Species Record Details Encoded By:
Carlos Aurelio Callangan
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Species Record Updated By:
Carlos Aurelio Callangan
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