Girella

Girella
Caramel Drummer (G. fimbriata)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Girellidae
Genus:	Girella J. E. Gray, 1835
Type species
Girella punctata J. E. Gray, 1835
Synonyms
See text

Girella is a genus of ray-finned fish mostly native to the Pacific Ocean with a smaller presence in the Atlantic oceans. ^[1]

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• Girella albostriata Steindachner, 1898 (Juan Fernández nibbler)
• Girella cyanea W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Blue drummer)
• Girella elevata W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Black drummer, rock blackfish)
• 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, luderick)
• Girella zebra (J. Richardson, 1846) (Zebra fish)
• Girella zonata Günther, 1859

Synonyms

The following list of genus names have all been synonymized with Girella: ^[2]

• AplodonThominot, 1883
• CamarinaAyres, 1860
• DoidyxodonValenciennes, 1846
• GirellichthysKlunzinger, 1872
• GirellipiscisWhitley, 1931
• GirellopsRegan, 1913
• IncisidensT. N. Gill, 1862
• IredalellaWhitley, 1931
• MelambaphesGünther, 1863
• MelanychthysTemminck & Schlegel, 1844
• NeotephraeopsCastelnau, 1872
• TephraeopsGünther, 1859

Gallery

• 
  Girella leonina
• 
  Girella nigricans
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  Girella punctata
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  Girella tephraeops
• 
  Girella tricuspidata
  (top)
• 
  Girella zebra
• 
  Girella elevata

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Girella". FishBase . August 2013 version.
2. Catalog of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences