Kyphosus
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| Kyphosus vaigiensis | |
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| Genus: | Kyphosus Lacépède, 1801
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| Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801
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Leptokyphosus Whitley, 1931 | |
Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.[1]
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
- Kyphosus analogus (T. N. Gill, 1862) (Blue-bronze sea chub)
- Kyphosus atlanticus K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2014 (Caribbean sea chub) [2]
- Kyphosus azureus (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Zebra-perch sea chub)
- Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801 (Brown chub)
- Kyphosus bosquii (Lacépède, 1802) (Bermuda sea chub) [2]
- 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 incisor (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, 1766)
- Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) (Silver drummer)
- Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Brassy chub)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Kyphosus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ a b Sakai, K. & Nakabo, T. (2014): Taxonomic review of Kyphosus (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans. Ichthyological Research, 61 (3): 265-292.
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