Girella elevata 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 elevata, the rock blackfish, Eastern rock blackfish, black rockfish or Eastern rock blackfish drummer is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. It is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean around eastern Australia and northern New Zealand.
Wikipedia contributors, Girella elevata; 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 elevata 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 elevata 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 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 cyanea MacLeay, 1881 | 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:3G3QR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.