Biology:Gillellus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Gillellus
FMIB 35484 Gillellus semicinctus.jpeg
Gillellus semicinctus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Gillellus
C. H. Gilbert, 1890
Type species
Gillellus semicinctus
C. H. Gilbert, 1890

Gillellus is a genus of sand stargazers, found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean and western central Atlantic Ocean.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Etymology

The name of this genus is a diminutive of the surname Gill and is in honour of the United States zoologist Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837-1914) of the Smithsonian Institution.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gillellus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 January 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes1/. Retrieved 5 May 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1973620 entry