''Kyphosus'' is a

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sea chub The sea chubs, also known as rudderfish and pilot fish and in Hawaiian as ''enenue'' or ''nenue'', are a family, Kyphosidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans usually close to shore in marine w ...

s native to the

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s. It is the only genus in the

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Kyphosinae of the

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Kyphosidae The sea chubs, also known as rudderfish and pilot fish and in Hawaiian as ''enenue'' or ''nenue'', are a family, Kyphosidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans usually close to shore in marine w ...

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Kyphosus analogus ''Kyphosus'' is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the only genus in the subfamily Kyphosinae of the family Kyphosidae. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * ''Kyphosus anal ...

'' ( T. N. Gill, 1862) (Blue-bronze sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus atlanticus ''Kyphosus'' is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the only genus in the subfamily Kyphosinae of the family Kyphosidae. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * ''Kyphosus anal ...

'' K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2014 (Caribbean sea chub)Sakai, K. & Nakabo, T. (2014): Taxonomic review of ''Kyphosus'' (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans. ''Ichthyological Research, 61 (3): 265-292.'' * ''

Kyphosus azureus ''Kyphosus azureus'', the zebra-perch sea chub, zebra perch or zebra sea chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae which is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean coasts of North America. Description ''Kyh ...

'' ( O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Zebra-perch sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus bigibbus ''Kyphosus bigibbus'', the brown chub, grey drummer, darkfin drummer, insular rudderfish, grey chub, grey sea chub, southern drummer or topsail drummer is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. It is a herbivo ...

'' Lacépède, 1801 (Brown chub) * ''

Kyphosus bosquii ''Kyphosus'' is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the only genus in the subfamily Kyphosinae of the family Kyphosidae. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * ''Kyphosus anal ...

'' ( Lacépède, 1802) (Bermuda sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus cinerascens ''Kyphosus cinerascens'' is a species of marine ray-finned fish. It is a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae The sea chubs, also known as rudderfish and pilot fish and in Hawaiian as ''enenue'' or ''nenue'', are a family, Kyphosidae, of fish ...

'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Blue sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus cornelii ''Kyphosus cornelii'', the Western buffalo bream, Cornel's drummer or the Western drummer, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub belonging to the family Kyphosidae. It is endemic to Western Australia. Description ''Kyphosus cornelii' ...

'' ( Whitley, 1944) (Western buffalo bream) * ''

Kyphosus elegans ''Kyphosus elegans'', the Cortez sea chub or Cortez chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean where it is of minor importance to commercial fisheries. Description ...

'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (Cortez sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus gladius The Gladius sea chub (''Kyphosus gladius'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub in the family Kyphosidae. It was recognised a new species in 2013 and is found in the southeastern Indian Ocean where endemic to the southern coasts of ...

'' Knudsen &

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, 2013 (Gladius sea chub) * '' Kyphosus hawaiiensis'' K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Hawaiian chub) * '' Kyphosus incisor'' (

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, 1831) (Yellow sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus ocyurus ''Kyphosus ocyurus'', the blue-striped chub or rainbow chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. The species is found in the Pacific Ocean where it prefers rocky substrates. Description ''Kyphosus ocyur ...

'' ( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Blue-striped chub) * '' Kyphosus pacificus'' K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Pacific chub) * ''

Kyphosus sectatrix ''Kyphosus sectatrix'', the Bermuda chub, Pacific drummer, beaked chub, grey drummer, Pacific chub or white chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. This species is found in tropical and subtropical coa ...

'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1766) (Bermuda chub) * ''

Kyphosus sydneyanus The silver drummer (''Kyphosus sydneyanus''), also known as the buff bream, buffalo bream, buffs, common buffalo bream, drummer bream, Southern silver drummer or Sydney drummer, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the Family ( ...

'' ( Günther, 1886) (Silver drummer) * ''

Kyphosus vaigiensis ''Kyphosus vaigiensis'', the brassy chub, brassy drummer, long-finned drummer, low-finned drummer, Northern silver drummer, Queensland drummer, Southern drummer, blue-bronze sea chub, brassy rudderfish, yellow seachub, large-tailed drummer, low-f ...

'' ( Quoy &

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, 1825) (Brassy chub) Some of the above species have now been synonymised with others within the genus; ''K. analogus'' and ''K. incisor'' with ''K. viagiensis'', ''K. atlanticus'' and ''K. pacificus'' with ''K. sectatrix'' while ''K. bosquii'' is synonymised with ''K. bigibbus''. ''

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'' recognises the following 12 species:

References

Kyphosidae Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède {{Perciformes-stub