mezina, Girella Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1907:496, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 32 (no. 1541); ref. 15147] Naha, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 9985. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:80 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Girella mezina Jordan & Starks 1907 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:166 [ref. 6441], Yagishita & Nakabo 2000:122 [ref. 24523], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:959 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:101 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:959 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:356, 626 [ref. 26218], Motomura et al. 2010:133 [ref. 31256], Abe et al. 2024:7 [ref. 41435]). Current status: Valid as Girella mezina Jordan & Starks 1907. Girellidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.