''Girella'' is a

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ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

mostly native to the

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with a smaller presence in the

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oceans.

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus: * '' Girella albostriata''

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, 1898 (Juan Fernández nibbler) * '' Girella cyanea'' W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Blue drummer) * '' Girella elevata'' W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Black drummer, rock blackfish) * ''

Girella feliciana ''Girella'' is a genus (biology), genus of ray-finned fish mostly native to the Pacific Ocean with a smaller presence in the Atlantic oceans. Species There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus: * ''Girella albostriata'' Franz Stein ...

'' H. W. Clark, 1938 * ''

Girella fimbriata ''Girella fimbriata'', the caramel drummer, is a species of ray-finned fish endemism, endemic to the waters around the Kermadec Islands on reefs at a depth of about . This species can reach a length of fish measurement, TL. References

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'' ( McCulloch, 1920) (Caramel drummer) * '' Girella freminvillii'' (

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, 1846) * '' Girella laevifrons'' ( Tschudi, 1846) * '' Girella leonina'' ( J. Richardson, 1846) (Kuromejina) * '' Girella mezina''

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& 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) * ''

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'' ( Quoy &

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, 1824) (Parore, luderick) * ''

Girella zebra ''Girella zebra'', also known as zebrafish or stripey bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub in the Family (biology), family Kyphosidae. It lives in the Indo-Pacific, where it is Endemism, endemic to the coastal waters of the s ...

'' ( J. Richardson, 1846) (Zebra fish) * '' Girella zonata'' Günther, 1859

Synonyms

The following list of genus names have all been synonymized with ''Girella'':Catalog of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences * ''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

Gallery

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'' File:Girella elevata.jpg, '' Girella elevata''

References

Taxa named by John Edward Gray Marine fish genera Ray-finned fish genera {{Centrarchiformes-stub