Kyphosus
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.[2]
| Kyphosus | |
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| Kyphosus vaigiensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Genus: | Kyphosus Lacépède, 1801[1] |
| Type species | |
| Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
Catalog of Fishes recognises the following 12 species:[3][4]
- 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)
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