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title: "Zebrafish"
description: "Girella zebra — Poissons. Girella zebra, also known as zebrafish or stripey bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub in the family Kyphosidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/zebrafish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zebrafish

> Girella zebra — Poissons. Girella zebra, also known as zebrafish or stripey bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub in the family Kyphosidae.

- Scientific name: *Girella zebra*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 2027
- Wikidata: [Q2681336](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2681336)
- iNaturalist taxon: [464148](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/464148)

## Names

- en: Zebrafish
- de: Zebranagebarsch
- es: Chopa cebra

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1954)

## Summary

Girella zebra, also known as zebrafish or stripey bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub in the family Kyphosidae. It lives in the Indo-Pacific, where it is endemic to the coastal waters of the southern parts of Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girella_zebra

## Photo

![Zebrafish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/zebrafish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204532633

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/zebrafish?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).