Parrella

Parrella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Parrella
Ginsburg, 1938
Type species
Parrella maxillaris
Ginsburg, 1938

Parrella is a genus of gobies native to the tropical waters of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas.[1] The name of this genus honours the Norwegian American marine biologist, zoologist and oceanographer Albert Eide Parr (1900-1991).[2]

Species

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

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parrella". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 September 2018.


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