Kyphosus

Kyphosus
Kyphosus bigibbus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Kyphosidae
Genus: Kyphosus
Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Kyphosus bigibbus
Lacépède, 1801
Synonyms
List
    • Cridorsa Whitley, 1938
    • Dorsuarius Lacepède, 1803
    • Hermosilla Jenkins & Evermann, 1889
    • Leptokyphosus Whitley, 1931
    • Opisthistius Gill, 1862
    • Pimelepterus Lacepède, 1802
    • Sectator Jordan & Fesler, 1893
    • Segutilum Whitley, 1931
    • Seleima Bowdich, 1825
    • Xyster Lacepède, 1803

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

Species

Catalog of Fishes recognises the following 12 species:

Species Common name Image
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

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kyphosus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Steen Wilhelm Knudsen & Kendall D. Clements (2013). "Revision of the Fish Family Kyphosidae". Zootaxa. 3751: 1–101. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3751.1.1.