Sea chub

Sea chubs
Girella fimbriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Kyphosidae T. N. Gill, 1893
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]

• Girellinae - nibblers
  • Genus Girella
  • Genus Graus
• Kyphosinae
  • Genus Hermosilla
  • Genus Kyphosus
  • Genus Sectator
• Microcanthinae Johnson, 1984
  • Genus Atypichthys
  • Genus Microcanthus
  • Genus Neatypus
  • Genus Tilodon
• Scorpidinae
  • Genus Bathystethus
  • Genus Labracoglossa
  • Genus Medialuna
  • Genus Neoscorpis
  • Genus Scorpis

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  Atypicthys latus

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  Girella zebra

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  Kyphosus cinerascens

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  Labracoglossa argentiventris

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  Microcanthus strigatus

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  Neatypus obliquus

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  Scorpis aequipinnis

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  Sectator azureus

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  Tilodon sexfasciatus

Timeline

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