Gillellus | |
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Gillellus semicinctus | |
Scientific 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
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Gillellus is a genus of sand stargazers, found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean and western central Atlantic Ocean.
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]
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]