Girella
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Girella is a species of fish in subfamily Girellinae
, family Kyphosidae, of sea chub
s in the order Perciformes
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There are 17 species in the genus
Girellinae
Nibblers are fishes in a subfamily, Girellinae, of sea chubs in the order Perciformes.- Species :There are 18 species in two genera:* Genus Girella** Girella albostriata Steindachner, 1898....
, family Kyphosidae, of sea chub
Sea chub
The sea chubs are a family, Kyphosidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.-Subfamilies:* Girellinae - nibblers* Kyphosinae* Microcanthinae Johnson, 1984 * Scorpidinae...
s in the order Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
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There are 17 species in the genus
- Girella albostriata SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1898. - New Zealand bluefishNew Zealand bluefishThe New Zealand bluefish, Girella cyanea, a sea chub of the genus Girella, is found off south east Australia and around the North Island of New Zealand, in broken rocky reef areas...
, Girella cyanea Macleay, 1881. - Black drummer, Girella elevata Macleay, 1881.
- Girella feliciana Clark, 1938.
- Girella fimbriataGirella fimbriataGirella fimbriata is a sea chub of the family Kyphosidae found only around New Zealand's Kermadec Islands....
(McCulloch, 1920). - Girella freminvillii (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1846). - Girella leonina (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1846). - Girella mezina JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& Starks, 1907. - Girella nebulosa Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912.
- Opaleye, Girella nigricans (AyresWilliam Orville AyresWilliam Orville Ayres was an American physician and ichthyologist. Born in Connecticut, he studied to become a doctor at Yale University School of Medicine....
, 1860). - Girella punctata GrayJohn Edward GrayJohn Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
, 1835. - Gulf opal eye, Girella simplicidens Osburn & Nichols, 1916.
- Girella stuebeli Troschel, 1866.
- Rock blackfish, Girella tephraeops (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1846). - ParoreParoreThe parore , or luderick, black bream, or blackfish , Girella tricuspidata, is a sea chub of the family Kyphosidae, closely related to the zebra fish, black drummer , and bluefish....
, Girella tricuspidata (QuoyJean René Constant QuoyJean René Constant Quoy was a French zoologist.Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard he served as naturalist aboard La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey during its circumnavigation of the globe , and the Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville...
& GaimardJoseph Paul GaimardJoseph Paul Gaimard was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.Along with Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist on the ships L'Uranie under Louis de Freycinet 1817-1820, and L'Astrolabe under Jules Dumont d'Urville 1826-1829...
, 1824). - Zebra fish, Girella zebra (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1846). - Girella zonata Günther, 1859.