Kyphosus

Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderPerciformes
FamilyKyphosidae

Habitatmarine, brackish

Observations recorded137,545

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Specimen records: 232
With media: 23
Family: Kyphosidae
Collections: SIO, ECOSUR, USNM, UWFC, YPM
Recorded in: Mexico, Trinidad And Tobago, United States, Bahamas, Micronesia, Bermuda, Philippines

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Image: Kyphosus vaigiensis by NPS.jpg

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Commons category: Kyphosus
taxon name: Kyphosus
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Kyphosus

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Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.

==Species== Catalog of Fishes recognises the following 12 species: 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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