Girellinae

Girellinae
Girella fimbriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Kyphosidae
Subfamily:	Girellinae
Genera
2, see text

The Girellinae are a subfamily of fish in the sea chub family. They may be referred to as nibblers.

Species

The species in two genera are:

• Genus Girella
  • Girella albostriata (Steindachner, 1898)
  • Girella cyanea (Macleay, 1881) - New Zealand bluefish, blue drummer
  • Girella elevata (Macleay, 1881) - black drummer
  • Girella feliciana (Clark, 1938)
  • Girella fimbriata (McCulloch, 1920) - caramel drummer
  • Girella freminvillii (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Girella laevifrons (Tschudi, 1846)
  • Girella leonina (Richardson, 1846)
  • Girella mezina (Jordan & Starks, 1907)
  • Girella nebulosa (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) - Rapa Nui nibbler
  • Girella nigricans (Ayres, 1860) - opaleye
  • Girella punctata (Gray, 1835) - largescale blackfish
  • Girella simplicidens (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) - gulf opaleye
  • Girella stuebeli (Troschel, 1866)
  • Girella tephraeops (Richardson, 1846) - rock blackfish
  • Girella tricuspidata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - parore
  • Girella zebra (Richardson, 1846) - zebra fish, stripey bream
  • Girella zonata (Günther, 1859)
• Genus Graus
  • Graus nigra (Philippi, 1887)