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Girella leonina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Girellidae
Genus:	Girella
Species:	G. leonina
Binomial name
Girella leonina (Richardson, 1846)
Synonyms
Crenidens leoninus Richardson, 1846

Girella leonina is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Girellidae, native to the Western Central Pacific in areas from Hong Kong to Japan, in waters 1 to 15 meters (3-49 ft) deep, in shallow rocky reefs.

Description and feeding

Girella leonina grows up to 46 centimeters in length with a blackish coloring. Its diet is made up of plants and prymnesiophyceae.

References

1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Girella leonina". FishBase. December 2019 version.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Girella leonina (Richardson, 1846)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
3. Itoi, Shiro; Saito, Takashi; Washio, Sayaka; Shimojo, Mai; Takai, Noriyuki; Yoshihara, Kiyoshi; Sugita, Haruo (12 April 2007). "Speciation of two sympatric coastal fish species, Girella punctata and Girella leonina (Perciformes, Kyphosidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 7 (1): 12–19. Bibcode:2007ODivE...7...12I. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2006.01.002.
4. "Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2019-03-31.

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