Toothed Ponyfish
Gazza minuta
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Leiognathidae
- Genus
- Gazza
Where to Find
Found in 29 diving areas across 17 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 6 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 22 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 11 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 5 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 14 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 8 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 4 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 4 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 18 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 3 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 14 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 22 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 30 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 5 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 2 records