Kyphosus

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]

Kyphosus
Kyphosus vaigiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Kyphosidae
Subfamily:	Kyphosinae Jordan, 1887[1]
Genus:	Kyphosus Lacépède, 1801[2]
Type species
Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801[2]
Synonyms[2]
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

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)^[5]
• Kyphosus azureus (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Zebra-perch sea chub)
• Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801 (Brown chub)
• Kyphosus bosquii (Lacépède, 1802) (Bermuda sea chub)^[5]
• 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.^[6]

Catalog of Fishes recognises the following 12 species:^[7]

• 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

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kyphosus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
4. 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.
5. Sakai, K. & Nakabo, T. (2014): Taxonomic review of Kyphosus (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans. Ichthyological Research, 61 (3): 265-292.
6. Steen Wilhelm Knudsen & Kendall D. Clements (2013). "Revision of the Fish Family Kyphosidae". Zootaxa. 3751: 1–101. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3751.1.1.
7. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Kyphosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 October 2022.