''Kyphosus'' is a
genus
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of
sea chub
The sea chubs, also known as rudderfish and pilot fish and in Hawaiian as ''enenue'' or ''nenue'', are a family, Kyphosidae, (from Greek, ''kyphos'' = hump) of fishes in the order Perciformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans u ...
s native to the
Atlantic
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,
Indian and
Pacific
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oceans.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
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Kyphosus analogus
''Kyphosus'' is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Kyphosus analogus'' ( T. N. Gill, 1862) (Blue-bronze sea chub)
* ''Kyphosus atlanticus ...
''
( 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.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Kyphosus analogus'' ( T. N. Gill, 1862) (Blue-bronze sea chub)
* '' Kyphosus atlanticu ...
''
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''
( 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 herbiv ...
''
Lacépède, 1801 (Brown chub)
* ''
Kyphosus bosquii
''Kyphosus'' is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Kyphosus analogus'' (Theodore Nicholas Gill ...
''
( Lacépède, 1802) (Bermuda sea chub)
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* '']Kyphosus cinerascens
''Kyphosus cinerascens'' is a species of marine ray-finned fish. It is a sea chub from the family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marri ...
'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Blue sea chub)
* '' Kyphosus cornelii'' ( Whitley, 1944) (Western buffalo bream)
* ''Kyphosus elegans
''Kyphosus elegans'', the Chopa Mojonera 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 ...
'' Knudsen & Clements, 2013 (Gladius sea chub)
* '' Kyphosus hawaiiensis'' K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Hawaiian chub)
* ''Kyphosus incisor
''Kyphosus'' is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Kyphosus analogus'' ( T. N. Gill, 1862) (Blue-bronze sea chub)
* '' Kyphosus atlanticu ...
'' ( G. Cuvier, 1831) (Yellow sea chub)
* '' Kyphosus ocyurus'' ( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Blue-striped chub)
* '' Kyphosus pacificus'' K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Pacific chub)
* '' Kyphosus sectatrix'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1766) (Bermuda chub)
* '' Kyphosus sydneyanus'' ( Günther, 1886) (Silver drummer)
* '' Kyphosus vaigiensis'' ( Quoy & Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Biography
Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
, 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''.Catalog of Fishes
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'' recognises the following 12 species:
References
Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
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