Easily recognised with the pale yellow fins, pale silvery body with eight to nine dagger shaped bars tapering it. It occurs abundantly in schools of 5–30.

This fish has a long based dorsal fin and a large forked caudal fin and it has a small mouth

This species is listed under two different families Girellidae (Nibblers) & Kyphosidae (Sea chubs), Some authorities raise the subfamilies to full family status as the families Girellidae, Kyphosidae, Microacanthidae and Scorpididae and do not support the monophyly of the Kyphosidae. It appears that in Australia we support the Girellidae as it's family although either are accpetable

At a glance

Habitat Bays, estuaries and coastal reefs, in depths of up to 20 meters locally common species along the shoreline reefs
Size Grows to a maximum of around 54cm
Origin Endemic
Distribution Endemic to the southern half of Australia, from Clarence River, New South Wales, to Port Denison, Western Australia, and Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Endemic to the southern half of Australia, from Clarence River, New South Wales, to Port Denison, Western Australia, and Tasmania
Habitat
Bays, estuaries and coastal reefs, in depths of up to 20 meters locally common species along the shoreline reefs
Size
Grows to a maximum of around 54cm
Common Name Zebrafish
Aliases Stripey Bream,
Origin Endemic
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderPerciformes
SuborderPercoidei
FamilyGirellidae
GenusGirella
SpeciesGirella zebra
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Synonyms

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