Parrella

Parrella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Parrella
Ginsburg, 1938
Type species
Parrella maxillaris
Ginsburg, 1938

Parrella is a genus of gobies native to the tropical waters of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. The name of this genus honours the Norwegian American marine biologist, zoologist and oceanographer Albert Eide Parr (1900-1991).

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parrella". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 September 2018.