WoRMS taxon details
Girella zebra (Richardson, 1846)
280871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280871)
accepted
Species
Crenidens zebra Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Girellichthys zebra (Richardson, 1846) · unaccepted
Melambaphes guentheri Gull, 1863 · unaccepted
Melambaphes zebra (Richardson, 1846) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Crenidens zebra Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Girella zebra (Richardson, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280871 on 2026-01-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Crenidens zebra Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
original description (of Melambaphes guentheri Gull, 1863) Günther, A. (1863). On new species of fishes from Victoria, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 11 (no. 62): 114-117. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Melambaphes guentheri Gull, 1863) Günther, A. (1863). On new species of fishes from Victoria, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 11 (no. 62): 114-117. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Girellichthys zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Crenidens zebra Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Melambaphes zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Girella zebra)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Crenidens zebra Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Girellichthys zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Melambaphes zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To Fishbase (from synonym Melambaphes guentheri Gull, 1863)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Melambaphes zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Crenidens zebra Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Girellichthys zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Girellichthys zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Crenidens zebra Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Melambaphes zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Girella zebra)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Crenidens zebra Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Girellichthys zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Melambaphes zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To Fishbase (from synonym Melambaphes guentheri Gull, 1863)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Melambaphes zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Crenidens zebra Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Girellichthys zebra (Richardson, 1846))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
