Girella nigricans
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| Girella nigricans at the Birch Aquarium in San Diego, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Genus: | Girella |
| Species: | G. nigricans
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| Binomial name | |
| Girella nigricans (Ayres, 1860)
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Girella nigricans, commonly known as the opaleye or rudderfish, is a
The body of Girella nigricans is laterally compressed and oval in shape. The snout is blunt and short, with a thick-lipped small mouth located at the front. The species is dentally polymorphic, with some juveniles transitioning from tricuspid teeth to simple teeth. The fins are all relatively short and rounded to blunt in shape. The
tail fin has a straight margin. Adults are grey-green to olive green in color in life, with two to six lighter colored spots on the middle of the upper back. A white bar may be present between the eyes. The eyes are opalescent blue-green in color. Juveniles are bluish in color on the dorsal surface and silvery on the ventral surface.[3] They can grow to a maximum length of 66 cm (26 in).[4]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ N. Bailly (2014). Bailly N (ed.). "Girella nigricans (Ayres, 1860)". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Girella nigricans". Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific Online Information System. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ a b R. Froese; D. Pauly, eds. (2011). "Girella nigricans". FishBase. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
External links
- Photos of Girella nigricans on Sealife Collection