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Kyphosus
Kyphosus vaigiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Kyphosidae
Subfamily:	Kyphosinae Jordan, 1887
Genus:	Kyphosus Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801
Synonyms
Cridorsa Whitley, 1938 Dorsuarius Lacepède, 1803 Hermosilla Jenkins & Evermann, 1889 Leptokyphosus Whitley, 1931 Opisthistius Gill, 1862 Pimelepterus Lacepède, 1802 Sectator Jordan & Fesler, 1893 Segutilum Whitley, 1931 Seleima Bowdich, 1825 Xyster Lacepède, 1803

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 K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2014 (Caribbean sea chub)
• Kyphosus azureus (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Zebra-perch sea chub)
• Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801 (Brown chub)
• Kyphosus bosquii (Lacépède, 1802) (Bermuda sea 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 ocyurus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Blue-striped chub)
• Kyphosus pacificus K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Pacific chub)
• Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) (Bermuda chub)
• Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) (Silver drummer)
• Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 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 recognises the following 12 species:

• Kyphosus azureus (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
• Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801
• Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775)
• Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944)
• Kyphosus elegans (Peters, 1869)
• Kyphosus gladius Knudsen & Clements, 2013
• Kyphosus hawaiiensis Sakai & Nakabo, 2004
• Kyphosus lutescens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
• Kyphosus ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
• Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886)
• Kyphosus vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

References

1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Kyphosidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
2. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kyphosus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
4. ^ Sakai, K. & Nakabo, T. (2014): Taxonomic review of Kyphosus (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans. Ichthyological Research, 61 (3): 265-292.
5. Steen Wilhelm Knudsen & Kendall D. Clements (2013). "Revision of the Fish Family Kyphosidae". Zootaxa. 3751: 1–101. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3751.1.1.
6. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Kyphosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

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