Kyphosus

Kyphosus
Kyphosus vaigiensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Lacépède, 1801[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • 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
  • Xyster Lacepède, 1803

Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.[3]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kyphosus". FishBase. December 2019 version.