Kyphosus - Sea chubs
Image source: Jo's Animal Database
Classification
Genus:
Kyphosus - Sea chubs
Family: Kyphosidae - Sea chubs
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. There were 16 species in genus, but the number was reduced to 12.
- 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