Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
Species
Catalog of Fishes recognises the following 12 species:
- Kyphosus azureus <small>(O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)</small> (Zebra-perch sea chub)
- Kyphosus bigibbus <small>Lacépède, 1801</small> (Brown chub)
- Kyphosus cinerascens <small>(ForsskÃÂ¥l, 1775)</small> (Blue sea chub)
- Kyphosus cornelii <small>(Whitley, 1944)</small> (Western buffalo bream)
- Kyphosus elegans <small>(W. K. H. Peters, 1869)</small> (Cortez sea chub)
- Kyphosus gladius <small>Knudsen & Clements, 2013</small> (Gladius sea chub)
- Kyphosus hawaiiensis <small>K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004</small> (Hawaiian chub)
- Kyphosus ocyurus <small>(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)</small> (Blue-striped chub)
- Kyphosus sectatrix <small>(Linnaeus, 1766)</small> (Bermuda chub)
- Kyphosus sydneyanus <small>(Günther, 1886)</small> (Silver drummer)
- Kyphosus vaigiensis <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)</small> (Brassy chub)
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