Gillellus

Gillellus is a genus of sand stargazers, found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean and western central Atlantic Ocean.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:Gillellus arenicola C. H. Gilbert, 1890 Gillellus chathamensis C. E. Dawson, 1977 Gillellus greyae Kanazawa, 1952 Gillellus healae C. E. Dawson, 1982 Gillellus inescatus J. T. Williams, 2002Gillellus jacksoni C. E. Dawson, 1982Gillellus ornatus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 Gillellus searcheri C. E. Dawson, 1977 Gillellus semicinctus C. H. Gilbert, 1890 Gillellus uranidea J. E. Böhlke, 1968

Etymology

The name of this genus is a diminutive of the surname Gill and is in honour of the American zoologist Theodore Nicholas Gill of the Smithsonian Institution.