Kyphosus Explained

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)^[1]
• Kyphosus azureus (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Zebra-perch sea chub)
• Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801 (Brown chub)
• Kyphosus bosquii (Lacépède, 1802) (Bermuda sea chub)^[1]
• 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.^[2]

Catalog of Fishes recognises the following 12 species:

Notes and References

1. Sakai, K. & Nakabo, T. (2014): Taxonomic review of Kyphosus (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans. Ichthyological Research, 61 (3): 265-292.
2. Steen Wilhelm Knudsen . Kendall D. Clements . amp . 2013 . Revision of the Fish Family Kyphosidae . 10.11646/zootaxa.3751.1.1 . Zootaxa . 3751 . 1–101.