Girella nebulosa Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912
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 nebulosa, the Rapanui nibbler, is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Girellidae. It is found in the Southeast Pacific off Easter Island, and can grow up to a length of 30 centimeters.
Wikipedia contributors, Girella nebulosa; 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 nebulosa Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912
- Name authority
- Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912
- 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 nebulosa Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912
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 cyanea MacLeay, 1881 | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Girella feliciana Clark, 1938 | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Girellops nebulosus (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) | synonym |
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.
- Kendall, W. C.; Radcliffe L. (1912). The shore fishes. In: Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific....By the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer “Albatross,” from October, 1904 to March, 1905.... Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoolog, v. 35 (no. 3): 75–171, Pls. 1–8. 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:3G3R4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.