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Girella
Sign in to saveGirella is a genus of ray-finned fish mostly native to the Pacific Ocean with a smaller presence in the Atlantic oceans.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyKyphosidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 110
- Family
- Kyphosidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, USNM, SIO, NMV, NHMUK, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Australia, Ecuador, Chile, Kenya, Vanuatu
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Girella is a 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 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) (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
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