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Sea chub

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Sea chubs
Girella fimbriata
Scientific classification
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Kyphosidae

Subfamilies

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The sea chubs are a family, Kyphosidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans usually close to shore in marine waters.[1]

Subfamilies and genera

The four subfamilies with 14 genera in this family are:[1]

Timeline

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.Plio.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneKyphosidaQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.Plio.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleocene

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Kyphosidae". FishBase. August 2013 version.