Kyphosus
| Kyphosus | |
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| Kyphosus vaigiensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Genus: | Kyphosus Lacépède, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific oceans.[1]
Species
There are currently 15 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 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 incisor G. Cuvier, 1831 (Yellow sea chub)
- Kyphosus lutescens D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Revillagigedo sea chub)
- Kyphosus pacificus K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Pacific drummer)
- Kyphosus sandwicensis Sauvage, 1880 (Pacific chub)
- Kyphosus sectatrix Linnaeus, 1758 (Bermuda sea chub)
- Kyphosus sydneyanus Günther, 1886 (Silver drummer)
- Kyphosus vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (Brassy chub)
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Kyphosus sydneyanus
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Kyphosus in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ↑ Sakai, K. & Nakabo, T. (2014): Taxonomic review of Kyphosus (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans. Ichthyological Research, 61 (3): 265-292.