Girella

Girella
Caramel drummer (G. fimbriata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Girellidae
Genus: Girella
J. E. Gray, 1835
Type species
Girella punctata
J. E. Gray, 1835
Synonyms
List
  • 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

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

Species

Species Common name Images
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)

Blackedge nibbler
Girella melanichthys

(Richardson, 1846)

Girella mezina

D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1907

Mezina nibbler
Girella nebulosa

Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912

Rapanui nibbler
Girella nigricans

(Ayres, 1860)

Opaleye
Girella punctata

J. E. Gray, 1835

Smallscale blackfish
Girella simplex

(Richardson, 1848)

Girella simplicidens

R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916

Gulf opaleye
Girella stuebeli

Troschel, 1866

Girella tephraeops

(J. Richardson, 1846)

Western rock blackfish
Girella tricuspidata

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Parore, luderick
Girella zebra

(J. Richardson, 1846)

Zebra fish
Girella zonata

Günther, 1859

References

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