Biology:Parrella
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Parrella Ginsburg, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| Parrella maxillaris Ginsburg, 1938
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Parrella is a genus of gobies native to the tropical waters of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas.[1] The name of this genus honours the Norwegian American marine biologist, zoologist and oceanographer Albert Eide Parr (1900-1991).[2]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Parrella fusca Ginsburg, 1939
- Parrella ginsburgi Wade, 1946 (Darkblotch goby)
- Parrella lucretiae (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888) (Lucretia's goby)
- Parrella macropteryx Ginsburg, 1939
- Parrella maxillaris Ginsburg, 1938 (Doublestripe goby)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Parrella in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 14 July 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes6/.
Wikidata ☰ Q1230292 entry
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