''Girella'' is a

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sea chub The sea chubs, also known as rudderfish and pilot fish and in Hawaiian as ''enenue'' or ''nenue'', are a family, Kyphosidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans usually close to shore in marine w ...

s mostly native to the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

with a smaller presence in the

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

oceans.

Species

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

Girella albostriata ''Girella'' is a genus of sea chubs 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'' Steindachner, 1898 * ''Girella cy ...

Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...

, 1898 * ''

Girella cyanea ''Girella cyanea'', also known as the blue drummer or Australian bluefish, is a species of sea chub native to inshore waters, around depth, from Australia to New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands. Sightings were first recorded in 1881 but the spec ...

'' W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Blue drummer) * ''

Girella elevata ''Girella elevata'', the rock blackfish, Eastern rock blackfish, black rockfish or Eastern rock blackfish drummer is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. It is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean around ...

'' W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Black drummer, rock blackfish) * ''

Girella feliciana ''Girella'' is a genus of sea chubs 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'' Steindachner, 1898 * ''Girella cya ...

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

Girella fimbriata ''Girella fimbriata'', the caramel drummer, is a species of sea chub 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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, 1920) (Caramel drummer) * ''

Girella freminvillii ''Girella'' is a genus of sea chubs 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'' Steindachner, 1898 * ''Girella cyan ...

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, 1846) * ''

Girella laevifrons ''Girella'' is a genus of sea chubs 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'' Steindachner, 1898 * ''Girella cya ...

'' ( Tschudi, 1846) * ''

Girella leonina ''Girella leonina'' is a species of sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae, native to the Western Central Pacific in areas from Hong Kong to Japan, in waters 1 to 15 meters (3-49 ft) deep, in shallow rocky reefs. Description and feeding ''Girella ...

'' ( J. Richardson, 1846) (Kuromejina) * ''

Girella mezina ''Girella'' is a genus of sea chubs 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'' Steindachner, 1898 * ''Girella cya ...

'' D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1907 (Okinamejina) * ''

Girella nebulosa ''Girella nebulosa'', the Rapanui nibbler, is a species of ray-finned fish within the Kyphosidae family. It is found in the Southeast Pacific off Easter Island Easter Island ( rap, Rapa Nui; es, Isla de Pascua) is an island and special t ...

'' Kendall &

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, 1912 (Rapanui nibbler) * ''

Girella nigricans ''Girella nigricans'', commonly known as the opaleye or rudderfish, is a species of sea chub found in the Eastern Pacific, from California to southern Baja California. A rarely documented isolated population also exists in the Gulf of California, ...

'' ( Ayres, 1860) (Opaleye) * ''

Girella punctata ''Girella'' is a genus of sea chubs 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'' Steindachner, 1898 * ''Girella cy ...

J. E. Gray John Edward Gray, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoology, zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ...

, 1835 (Mejina) (Blackeye seabream) * ''

Girella simplicidens ''Girella'' is a genus of sea chubs 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'' Steindachner, 1898 * ''Girella cy ...

'' R. C. Osburn &

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, 1916 (Gulf opal eye) * ''

Girella stuebeli ''Girella'' is a genus of sea chubs 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'' Steindachner, 1898 * '' Girella cy ...

Troschel Franz Hermann Troschel (10 October 1810 – 6 November 1882) was a German zoologist born in Spandau. He studied mathematics and natural history at the University of Berlin, where he was awarded his doctorate in 1834.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; ...

, 1866 * ''

Girella tephraeops ''Girella'' is a genus of sea chubs 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'' Steindachner, 1898 * '' Girella cy ...

'' ( J. Richardson, 1846) (Rock blackfish) * ''

Girella tricuspidata The parore (''Girella tricuspidata'') also known as luderick, black bream or blackfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae which is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand. ...

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Gaimard Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist. Biography Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...

, 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 Kyphosidae. It lives in the Indo-Pacific, where it is endemic to the coastal waters of the southern parts of Australia. ...

'' ( J. Richardson, 1846) (Zebra fish) * ''

Girella zonata ''Girella'' is a genus of sea chubs 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'' Steindachner, 1898 * ''Girella cyan ...

'' 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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References

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