Species that contain: Girella and punctata [ 3 ] records

crenidens, Melanichthys Bleeker [P.] 1860:76 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 1); ref. 374] Unneeded substitute for Crenidens melanichthys Richardson 1846. For types see Crenidens melanichthys. •Synonym of Girella punctata Gray 1835 -- (Yagishita & Nakabo 2000:125 [ref. 24523]). Current status: Synonym of Girella punctata Gray 1835. Girellidae. Habitat: marine.

melanichthys, Crenidens Richardson [J.] 1846:243 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Seas of Japan and China. Lectotype: RMNH 2346 (mounted). Paralectotypes: RMNH 371-373 (3, mounted), 1224-25 (1, 1), 2342 (1, mounted). Based on Temminck & Schlegel 1842:75, Pl. 39. Lectotype selected by Yagishita & Nakabo 2000:125 [ref. 24523]. •Synonym of Girella punctata Gray 1835 -- (Yagishita & Nakabo 2000:125 [ref. 24523], Yagishita & Nakabo 2002:294 [ref. 26339], Randall 2007:273 [ref. 30952]). •Valid as Girella melanichthys (Richardson 1846) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:166 [ref. 6441], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:178 [ref. 25480], Choi et al. 2003:356, 626 [ref. 26218], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458]). Current status: Valid as Girella melanichthys (Richardson 1846). Girellidae. Distribution: China and Japan. Habitat: marine.

punctata, Girella Gray [J. E.] 1835:no page number, Pl. 98 (figs. 3-4) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] Canton, China. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1982.4.20.53 (stuffed). Published about 20 Feb. 1835. •Valid as Girella punctata Gray 1835 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:165 [ref. 6441], Desoutter 1990:833 [ref. 18967], Takahashi et al. 1997:45 [ref. 24971], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:11 [ref. 24670], Mizuno et al. 1999:9 [ref. 25311], Yagishita & Nakabo 2000:125 [ref. 24523], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:959 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:178 [ref. 25480], Shimizu 2001:32 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:959 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:356, 626 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S14 [ref. 28536], Motomura et al. 2010:133 [ref. 31256], Knudsen & Clements 2013:77 [ref. 33031], Parin et al. 2014:375 [ref. 33547], Motomura et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34709], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:139 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37637], Mochizuki et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38974]). Current status: Valid as Girella punctata Gray 1835. Girellidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern China east to Philippines, north to Korea, central Japan and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.