| Kyphosus | |
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| Kyphosus vaigiensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Genus: | Kyphosus Lacépède, 18011 |
| Type species | |
| Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 18011
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| Synonyms1 | |
Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.2
Species
Catalog of Fishes recognises the following 12 species:34
- Kyphosus azureus (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Zebra-perch sea chub)
- Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801 (Brown chub)
- Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) (Blue sea chub)
- Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944) (Western buffalo bream)
- Kyphosus elegans (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (Cortez sea chub)
- Kyphosus gladius Knudsen & Clements, 2013 (Gladius sea chub)
- Kyphosus hawaiiensis K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Hawaiian chub)
- Kyphosus ocyurus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Blue-striped chub)
- Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) (Bermuda chub)
- Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) (Silver drummer)
- Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Brassy chub)
References
References
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Kyphosidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kyphosus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Kyphosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- Steen Wilhelm Knudsen & Kendall D. Clements (2013). "Revision of the Fish Family Kyphosidae". Zootaxa. 3751: 1–101. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3751.1.1.