Kyphosus
Genus of ray-finned fishes
Kyphosus
Kyphosus vaigiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Centrarchiformes
Family:
Kyphosidae
Subfamily:
Kyphosinae Jordan , 1887[ 2]
Genus:
Kyphosus Lacépède , 1801[ 1]
Type species
Kyphosus bigibbus
Synonyms [ 1]
Cridorsa Whitley , 1938Dorsuarius Lacepède, 1803 Hermosilla Jenkins & Evermann , 1889Leptokyphosus Whitley, 1931 Opisthistius Gill , 1862Pimelepterus Lacepède, 1802 Sectator Jordan & Fesler , 1893 Segutilum Whitley, 1931 Seleima Bowdich , 1825Xyster Lacepède, 1803
Kyphosus genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic , Indian and Pacific oceans.[ 3]
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[ 4] Kyphosus azureus (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann , 1889) (Zebra-perch sea chub)Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède , 1801Kyphosus bosquii (Lacépède , 1802) (Bermuda sea chub)[ 4] 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 , 2013Kyphosus hawaiiensis K. Sakai & Nakabo , 2004Kyphosus incisor (G. Cuvier , 1831) (Yellow sea chub)Kyphosus ocyurus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert , 1882) (Blue-striped chub)Kyphosus pacificus K. Sakai & Nakabo , 2004Kyphosus 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 .[ 5]
Catalog of Fishes [ 6]
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
^ a b c 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 .^ 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 . ^ Froese, Rainer ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kyphosus " . FishBase ^ a b Sakai, K. & Nakabo, T. (2014): Taxonomic review of Kyphosus (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans. Ichthyological Research, 61 (3): 265-292.
^ Steen Wilhelm Knudsen & Kendall D. Clements (2013). "Revision of the Fish Family Kyphosidae". Zootaxa . 3751 : 1– 101. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.3751.1.1 . ^ 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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