| Kyphosus | |
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| Kyphosus vaigiensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Kyphosinae Jordan, 1887[2] |
| Genus: | Kyphosus Lacépède, 1801[1] |
| Type species | |
| Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.[3] It is the only genus in the subfamily Kyphosinae of the family Kyphosidae.[4]
- ^ 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. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2020-04-25.