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Chubs
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Chubs

Kyphosus

Kyphosus is a genus of sea chubs native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species

Brassy Drummer

speciesKyphosus vaigiensis

Highfin Chub

speciesKyphosus cinerascens

Bermuda Chub

speciesKyphosus sectatrix

Silver Drummer

speciesKyphosus sydneyanus

Zebra-perch Sea Chub

speciesKyphosus azureus

Cortez Sea Chub

speciesKyphosus elegans

Grey Drummer

speciesKyphosus bigibbus

Western Buffalo Bream

speciesKyphosus cornelii

Bluestriped Chub

speciesKyphosus ocyurus

Gladius Chub

speciesKyphosus gladius

Hawaiian Chub

speciesKyphosus hawaiiensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49689.