Kyphosidae

Black drummer

Girella elevata

Fish Reaching Sixty Two Centimeters in Southwest Pacific

• Black
• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Deep-bodied
• Large
• Tropical fish

Girella elevata, the rock blackfish, Eastern rock blackfish, black rockfish or Eastern rock blackfish drummer is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. It is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean around eastern Australia and northern New Zealand.