Girellidae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Centrarchiformes. They may be referred to as nibblers.
Species
The species in two genera are:
- Genus Girella
- Girella albostriata <small>(Steindachner, 1898)</small>
- Girella cyanea <small>(Macleay, 1881)</small> - New Zealand bluefish, blue drummer
- Girella elevata <small>(Macleay, 1881)</small> - black drummer
- Girella feliciana <small>(Clark, 1938)</small>
- Girella fimbriata <small>(McCulloch, 1920)</small> - caramel drummer
- Girella freminvillii <small>(Valenciennes, 1846)</small>
- Girella laevifrons <small>(Tschudi, 1846)</small>
- Girella leonina <small>(Richardson, 1846)</small>
- Girella mezina <small>(Jordan & Starks, 1907)</small>
- Girella nebulosa <small>(Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)</small> - Rapa Nui nibbler
- Girella nigricans <small>(Ayres, 1860)</small> - opaleye
- Girella punctata <small>(Gray, 1835)</small> - largescale blackfish
- Girella simplicidens <small>(Osburn & Nichols, 1916)</small> - gulf opaleye
- Girella stuebeli <small>(Troschel, 1866)</small>
- Girella tephraeops <small>(Richardson, 1846)</small> - rock blackfish
- Girella tricuspidata <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)</small> - parore
- Girella zebra <small>(Richardson, 1846)</small> - zebra fish, stripey bream
- Girella zonata <small>(Günther, 1859)</small>
- Genus Graus
- Graus nigra <small>(Philippi, 1887)</small>
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