Girella elevata

About this species

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.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 276 records
February: 186 records
March: 205 records
April: 211 records
May: 272 records
June: 199 records
July: 228 records
August: 291 records
September: 296 records
October: 254 records
November: 157 records
December: 248 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–21 m · Deepest record: 29 m

0–10 m: 39 records
10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 113 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–24 °C

14–16 °C: 10 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 11 records
20–22 °C: 270 records
22–24 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) libby hepburn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) libby hepburn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) jonathon love, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) bughntr, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Similar species

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
2,491 open-data records from 1906 to 2023.