Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Centrarchiformes
Subordo: Terapontoidei
Familia: Kyphosidae
Subfamilia: Kyphosinae
Genus: Kyphosus
Species: K. azureus – K. analogus – K. bigibbus – K. cinerascens – K. cornelii – K. elegans – K. gladius – K. hawaiiensis – K. incisor – K. lutescens – K. ocyurus – K. pacificus – K. sandwicensis – K. sectatrix – K. sydneyanus – K. vaigiensis
[source: Catalog of Fishes, plus (1) K. gladius
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Name
Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801
Type species: Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801
Synonymy
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
Tahhmel Forsskål, 1775
Xyster Lacepède, 1803
Xysterus Rafinesque, 1815
Primary references
Knudsen, S.W.; Clements, K.D. 2013: Revision of the fish family Kyphosidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Zootaxa 3751(1): 1–101. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3751.1.1 Reference page.
Lacepède, B. G. E.; 1801: Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
Reference page.
Links
Kyphosus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Vernacular names
English: Rudderfishes
Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.[4] It is the only genus in the subfamily Kyphosinae of the family Kyphosidae.[5]
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)[6]
Kyphosus azureus (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Zebra-perch sea chub)
Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801 (Brown chub)
Kyphosus bosquii (Lacépède, 1802) (Bermuda sea chub)[6]
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.[7]
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Kyphosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Kyphosidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Kyphosus in FishBase. December 2019 version.
J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 440. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
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.
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