Girellinae
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Nibblers are fishes in a subfamily, Girellinae, 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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Species

There are 18 species in two genera:
  • Genus Girella
    Girella
    Girella is a species of fish in subfamily Girellinae, family Kyphosidae, of sea chubs in the order Perciformes.There are 17 species in the genus* Girella albostriata Steindachner, 1898.* New Zealand bluefish, Girella cyanea Macleay, 1881....

    • Girella albostriata Steindachner
      Franz Steindachner
      Franz 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
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    • New Zealand bluefish
      New Zealand bluefish
      The 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 fimbriata
      Girella fimbriata
      Girella fimbriata is a sea chub of the family Kyphosidae found only around New Zealand's Kermadec Islands....

      (McCulloch, 1920).
    • Girella freminvillii (Valenciennes
      Achille Valenciennes
      Achille 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)
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    • Girella leonina (Richardson
      John 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)
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    • Girella mezina Jordan
      David Starr Jordan
      David 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
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    • Girella nebulosa Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912.
    • Opaleye, Girella nigricans (Ayres
      William Orville Ayres
      William Orville Ayres was an American physician and ichthyologist. Born in Connecticut, he studied to become a doctor at Yale University School of Medicine....

      , 1860)
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    • Girella punctata Gray
      John Edward Gray
      John 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
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    • Gulf opal eye, Girella simplicidens Osburn & Nichols, 1916.
    • Girella stuebeli Troschel, 1866.
    • Rock blackfish, Girella tephraeops (Richardson
      John 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)
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    • Parore
      Parore
      The 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 (Quoy
      Jean René Constant Quoy
      Jean 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...

       & Gaimard
      Joseph Paul Gaimard
      Joseph 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)
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    • Zebra fish, Girella zebra (Richardson
      John 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)
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    • Girella zonata Günther, 1859.
  • Genus Graus
    • Graus nigra Philippi
      Rodolfo Amando Philippi
      Rodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....

      , 1887
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