Kyphosinae
| Kyphosinae | |
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| Sectator azureus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Kyphosinae |
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Hermosilla |
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The Kyphosinae (rudderfishes) are a subfamily of the sea chub family Kyphosidae. They are herbivorous, primarily consuming algae, and usually found near shore.[1]
Kyphosus bigibbus, Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Kyphosus cinerascens, Maldives
Genera and species
- Genus Hermosilla
- Zebra-perch sea chub, Hermosilla azurea Jenkins & Evermann, 1889.
- Genus Kyphosus
- Blue-bronze sea chub, Kyphosus analogus (Gill, 1862)
- Grey sea chub, Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801
- Blue seachub, Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775)
- Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944)
- Cortez sea chub, Kyphosus elegans (Peters, 1869)
- Kyphosus gladius Knudsen & Clements, 2013
- Hawaiian chub, Kyphosus hawaiiensis Sakai & Nakabo, 2004
- Yellow sea chub, Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier, 1831)
- Revillagigedo sea chub, Kyphosus lutescens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
- Kyphosus pacificus Sakai & Nakabo, 2004
- Bermuda sea chub, Kyphosus sectator (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Silver drummer, Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886)
- Brassy chub, Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
- Genus Neoscorpis
- Stone-bream, Neoscorpis lithophilus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908).
- Genus Sectator
References
- ^ Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
- "Kyphosinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Kyphosidae" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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