Girella cyanea MacLeay, 1881
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Girella cyanea, also known as the blue drummer or Australian bluefish, is a species of sea chub native to inshore waters, around 6 metres (20 ft) depth, from Australia to New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands. Sightings were first recorded in 1881 but the species made its debut in scientific publications in 1919 in Theodore Roughly's Fishes of Australia and Their Technology.
Wikipedia contributors, Girella cyanea; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:36:41.125046+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Girella cyanea MacLeay, 1881
- Name authority
- MacLeay, 1881
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Kyphosidae
- Genus
- Girella
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCentrarchiformes
- familyKyphosidae Jordan, 1887
- subfamilyGirellinae Gill, 1862
- genusGirella Gray, 1835
- speciesGirella cyanea MacLeay, 1881
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Girella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Girella albostriata Steindachner, 1898 | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Girella elevata MacLeay, 1881 | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Girella freminvillii (Valenciennes, 1846) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Girella laevifrons (Tschudi, 1846) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Girella mezina Jordan & Starks, 1907 | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf opaleyeGirella simplicidens Osburn & Nichols, 1916 | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Girella tephraeops (Richardson, 1846) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Girella zebra (Richardson, 1846) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Girella stuebeli Troschel, 1866 | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Girella simplex (Richardson, 1848) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Girella feliciana Clark, 1938 | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Girella fimbriata (McCulloch, 1920) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, v. 5 (pt 3): 302–444. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.15887 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3G3QQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.