Sea chub
Family of fishes
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The sea chubs, also known as rudderfish and pilot fish and in Hawaiian as enenue or nenue,[2] are a family, Kyphosidae[3], (from Greek, kyphos = hump) of fishes in the order Centrarchiformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans usually close to shore in marine waters.[4]
| Sea chub | |
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| Kyphosus bigibbus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Suborder: | Terapontoidei |
| Family: | Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887[1] |
| Genera | |
Genera
The following two genera are placed in this family:[5]
- Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887[1] (rudderfishes)
- Genus Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801
- Genus Neoscorpis J.L.B. Smith, 1931
In the past, Girellidae, Scorpididae and Microcanthidae were treated as subfamilies within Kyphosidae. However, they are now treated as distinct families.[3]