Girella zebra
- Usual depth5–10 m
- Water temperature14–21 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and March
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Girella zebra, also known as zebrafish or stripey bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub in the family Kyphosidae. It lives in the Indo-Pacific, where it is endemic to the coastal waters of the southern parts of Australia.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Girella zebra”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 497 records
- February: 373 records
- March: 448 records
- April: 237 records
- May: 176 records
- June: 282 records
- July: 59 records
- August: 64 records
- September: 72 records
- October: 138 records
- November: 244 records
- December: 328 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–10 m · Deepest record: 42 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–21 °C
Photos
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Hugo Innes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Valentin Moser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Crenidens zebra, Girellichthys zebra, Melambaphes guentheri, Melambaphes zebra
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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.
- 967 open-data records from 1921 to 2023.
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