''Kyphosus'' is a

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sea chub The sea chubs, also known as rudderfish and pilot fish and in Hawaiian as ''enenue'' or ''nenue'', are a family, Kyphosidae, (from Greek, ''kyphos'' = hump) of fishes in the order Perciformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans u ...

s native to the

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for se ...

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and

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...

oceans.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Kyphosus analogus ''Kyphosus'' is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * '' Kyphosus analogus'' ( T. N. Gill, 1862) (Blue-bronze sea chub) * ''Kyphosus atlanticus ...

'' ( T. N. Gill, 1862) (Blue-bronze sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus atlanticus ''Kyphosus'' is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * '' Kyphosus analogus'' ( T. N. Gill, 1862) (Blue-bronze sea chub) * '' Kyphosus atlanticu ...

'' K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2014 (Caribbean sea chub)Sakai, K. & Nakabo, T. (2014): Taxonomic review of ''Kyphosus'' (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans. ''Ichthyological Research, 61 (3): 265-292.'' * ''

Kyphosus azureus ''Kyphosus azureus'', the zebra-perch sea chub, zebra perch or zebra sea chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae which is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean coasts of North America. Description ''Kyh ...

'' ( O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Zebra-perch sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus bigibbus ''Kyphosus bigibbus'', the brown chub, grey drummer, darkfin drummer, insular rudderfish, grey chub, grey sea chub, southern drummer or topsail drummer is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. It is a herbiv ...

'' Lacépède, 1801 (Brown chub) * ''

Kyphosus bosquii ''Kyphosus'' is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * ''Kyphosus analogus'' (Theodore Nicholas Gill ...

'' ( Lacépède, 1802) (Bermuda sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus cinerascens ''Kyphosus cinerascens'' is a species of marine ray-finned fish. It is a sea chub from the family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marri ...

'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Blue sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus cornelii ''Kyphosus cornelii'', the Western buffalo bream, Cornel's drummer or the Western drummer, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub belonging to the family Kyphosidae. It is endemic to Western Australia. Description ''Kyphosus cornelii ...

'' ( Whitley, 1944) (Western buffalo bream) * ''

Kyphosus elegans ''Kyphosus elegans'', the Chopa Mojonera or Cortez chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean where it is of minor importance to commercial fisheries. Description ...

'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (Cortez sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus gladius The Gladius sea chub (''Kyphosus gladius'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub in the family Kyphosidae. It was recognised a new species in 2013 and is found in the southeastern Indian Ocean where endemic to the southern coasts ...

'' Knudsen & Clements, 2013 (Gladius sea chub) * ''

Kyphosus hawaiiensis The Hawaiian chub (''Kyphosus hawaiiensis''), also known as the insular rudderfish or bicolor chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub belonging to the family Kyphosidae. This species is found in the Central Pacific Ocean. Taxono ...

'' K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Hawaiian chub) * ''

Kyphosus incisor ''Kyphosus'' is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * '' Kyphosus analogus'' ( T. N. Gill, 1862) (Blue-bronze sea chub) * '' Kyphosus atlanticu ...

'' ( G. Cuvier, 1831) (Yellow sea chub) * '' Kyphosus ocyurus'' (

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& C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Blue-striped chub) * '' Kyphosus pacificus'' K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Pacific chub) * ''

Kyphosus sectatrix ''Kyphosus sectatrix'', the Bermuda chub, Pacific drummer, beaked chub, grey drummer, Pacific chub or white chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. This species is found in tropical and subtropical co ...

'' (

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, 1766) (Bermuda chub) * ''

Kyphosus sydneyanus The silver drummer (''Kyphosus sydneyanus''), also known as the buff bream, buffalo bream, buffs, common buffalo bream, drummer bream, Southern silver drummer or Sydney drummer, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family ...

'' ( Günther, 1886) (Silver drummer) * '' Kyphosus vaigiensis'' ( Quoy &

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, 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''. ''

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'' recognises the following 12 species:

References

Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède {{Centrarchiformes-stub