Kyphosinae
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Kyphosinae is a subfamily of the sea chub family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Kyphosidae.

Genera and species

  • Genus Hermosilla
    • Zebra-perch sea chub, Hermosilla azurea Jenkins & Evermann, 1889.
  • Genus Kyphosus
    • Blue-bronze sea chub, Kyphosus analogus (Gill
      Theodore Gill
      Theodore Nicholas Gill was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J...

      , 1862)
    • Grey sea chub, Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801
    • Blue seachub, Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål
      Peter Forsskål
      Peter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl, was a Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.-Early life:...

      , 1775)
    • Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944)
    • Cortez sea chub, Kyphosus elegans (Peters
      Wilhelm Peters
      Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...

      , 1869)
    • Hawaiian chub, Kyphosus hawaiiensis Sakai & Nakabo, 2004
    • Yellow sea chub, Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier
      Georges Cuvier
      Georges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...

      , 1831)
    • Revillagigedo sea chub, Kyphosus lutescens (Jordan
      David Starr Jordan
      David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...

       & Gilbert, 1882)
    • Kyphosus pacificus Sakai & Nakabo, 2004
    • Bermuda sea chub, Kyphosus sectator (Linnaeus
      Carolus Linnaeus
      Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

      , 1758)
    • Silver drummer
      Silver drummer
      The silver drummer, Kyphosus sydneyanus, is a sea chub of the family Kyphosidae, found around Australia and New Zealand in shallow rocky areas. Length is up to 75 cm, and they may weigh up to 11 kg.-References:...

      , Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886)
    • Brassy chub, Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy
      Jean René Constant Quoy
      Jean René Constant Quoy was a French zoologist.Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard he served as naturalist aboard La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey during its circumnavigation of the globe , and the Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville...

       & Gaimard
      Joseph Paul Gaimard
      Joseph Paul Gaimard was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.Along with Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist on the ships L'Uranie under Louis de Freycinet 1817-1820, and L'Astrolabe under Jules Dumont d'Urville 1826-1829...

      , 1825)
  • Genus Neoscorpis
    • Stone-bream, Neoscorpis lithophilus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908).
  • Genus Sectator
    • Sectator azureus Jordan
      David Starr Jordan
      David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...

       & Evermann, 1903
      .
    • Bluestriped chub, Sectator ocyurus (Jordan
      David Starr Jordan
      David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...

      & Gilbert, 1882)
      .
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