Gillellus is a genus of sand stargazers, found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean and western central Atlantic Ocean.

Gillellus
Gillellus semicinctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Gillellus
C. H. Gilbert, 1890
Type species
Gillellus semicinctus
C. H. Gilbert, 1890

Species

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There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Etymology

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The name of this genus is a diminutive of the surname Gill and is in honour of the American zoologist Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837-1914) of the Smithsonian Institution.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gillellus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 May 2019.