''Girella'' is a
genus
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of
sea chubs mostly native to the
Pacific Ocean
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with a smaller presence in the
Atlantic
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oceans.
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Species
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:Steindachner
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, 1898
* '' 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
''Girella fimbriata'', the caramel drummer, is a species of sea chub endemic to the waters around the Kermadec Islands
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'' (McCulloch
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*Alan McCulloch (politician), New Zealand politician
*Alan McLeod McCulloch ( ...
, 1920) (Caramel drummer)
* '' Girella freminvillii'' (Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 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'':[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
File:Onaga.jpg, '' Girella leonina''
File:Girellanigricans.jpg, '' Girella nigricans''
File:Gure.jpg, '' Girella punctata''
File:Girella tephraeops P1031231.JPG, '' Girella tephraeops''
File:Girella tricuspidata and Atypichthys strigatus.jpg, '' Girella tricuspidata''
File:Girella zebra PC260079.JPG, '' Girella zebra''
File:Girella elevata.jpg, '' Girella elevata''
References
Kyphosidae
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Marine fish genera
Ray-finned fish genera
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