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Girella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Perciformes

Subfamily
  
Girellinae

Higher classification
  
Girellinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Kyphosidae

Scientific name
  
Girella

Rank
  
Genus

Girella fishesofaustralianetauImagesImageGirellaEleva

Lower classifications
  
Smallscale blackfish, Parore, Girella fimbriata, Girella cyanea

Spearfishing mar 9 2013 surgeon fish and girella


Girella is a genus of sea chubs mostly native to the Pacific Ocean with a smaller presence in the Indian and Atlantic oceans.

Contents

Animal species rock blackfish girella elevata


Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:

  • Girella albostriata Steindachner, 1898
  • Girella cyanea W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Blue drummer)
  • Girella elevata W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Black drummer)
  • Girella feliciana H. W. Clark, 1938
  • Girella fimbriata (McCulloch, 1920) (Caramel drummer)
  • Girella freminvillii (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Girella laevifrons (Tschudi, 1846)
  • Girella leonina (J. Richardson, 1846) (Kuromejina)
  • Girella mezina D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1907 (Okinamejina)
  • Girella nebulosa Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912 (Rapanui nibbler)
  • Girella nigricans (Ayres, 1860) (Opaleye)
  • Girella punctata J. E. Gray, 1835 (Mejina) (Blackeye seabream)
  • Girella simplicidens R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916 (Gulf opal eye)
  • Girella stuebeli Troschel, 1866
  • Girella tephraeops (J. Richardson, 1846) (Rock blackfish)
  • Girella tricuspidata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Parore)
  • Girella zebra (J. Richardson, 1846) (Zebra fish)
  • Girella zonata Günther, 1859

    • Synonyms

    The following list of genus names have all been synonymized with Girella:

  • Aplodon Thominot, 1883
  • Camarina Ayres, 1860
  • Doidyxodon Valenciennes, 1846
  • Girellichthys Klunzinger, 1872
  • Girellipiscis Whitley, 1931
  • Girellops Regan, 1913
  • Incisidens T. N. Gill, 1862
  • Iredalella Whitley, 1931
  • Melambaphes Günther, 1863
  • Melanychthys Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
  • Neotephraeops Castelnau, 1872
  • Tephraeops Günther, 1859

    • References

    Girella Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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