Kyphosus

Kyphosus
Kyphosus vaigiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
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] It is the only genus in the subfamily Kyphosinae of the family Kyphosidae.[4]

Species

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There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

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

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  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.
  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. ^ a b 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.