Girella

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Centrarchiformes
Subordo: Terapontoidei

Familia: Kyphosidae
Subfamilia: Girellinae
Genus: Girella
Species: G. albostriata – G. cyanea – G. elevata – G. feliciana – G. fimbriata – G. freminvillii – G. leonina – G. mezina – G. nebulosa – G. nigricans – G. punctata – G. simplicidens – G. stuebeli – G. tephraeops – G. tricuspidata – G. zebra – G. zonata
Name

Girella Gray, 1835
References

Girella – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Girella species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names
English: Greenfish

Girella is a genus of sea chubs mostly native to the Pacific Ocean with a smaller presence in the Atlantic oceans.[1]
Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Girella albostriata Steindachner, 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 (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

Synonyms

The following list of genus names have all been synonymized with Girella:[2]

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

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Girella in FishBase. August 2013 version.
Catalog of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences