Sea chub
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Kyphosidae
T. N. Gill, 1893
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The sea chubs are a family, Kyphosidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans usually close to shore in marine waters.[1]
Subfamilies and genera
The four subfamilies with 14 genera in this family are:[1]
- Girellinae - nibblers
- Kyphosinae
- Genus Hermosilla
- Genus Kyphosus
- Genus Sectator
- Microcanthinae Johnson, 1984
- Genus Atypichthys
- Genus Microcanthus
- Genus Neatypus
- Genus Tilodon
- Scorpidinae
- Genus Bathystethus
- Genus Labracoglossa
- Genus Medialuna
- Genus Neoscorpis
- Genus Scorpis
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Atypicthys latus (Mado).jpg
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Girella zebra PC260079.JPG
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Kyphosus cinerascens Réunion.jpg
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タカベ Labracoglossa argentiventris.JPG
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Microcanthus strigatus.jpg
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Neatypus obliquus PC079089.jpg
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Scorpis aequipinnis P1020949.JPG
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Sectator azureus.jpg
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Tilodon sexfasciatus P1061467.JPG
Timeline
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Kyphosidae" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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