Kyphosinae

Kyphosinae
Sectator azureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Kyphosidae
Subfamily:	Kyphosinae
Genera
Hermosilla Kyphosus Neoscorpis Sectator See text for species.

The Kyphosinae (rudderfishes) are a subfamily of the sea chub family Kyphosidae. They are herbivorous, primarily consuming algae, and usually found near shore.^[1]

Kyphosus bigibbus, Northwest Hawaiian Islands

Kyphosus cinerascens, Maldives

Genera and species

• Genus Hermosilla
  • Zebra-perch sea chub, Hermosilla azurea Jenkins & Evermann, 1889.
• Genus Kyphosus
  • Blue-bronze sea chub, Kyphosus analogus (Gill, 1862)
  • Grey sea chub, Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801
  • Blue seachub, Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775)
  • Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944)
  • Cortez sea chub, Kyphosus elegans (Peters, 1869)
  • Kyphosus gladius Knudsen & Clements, 2013
  • Hawaiian chub, Kyphosus hawaiiensis Sakai & Nakabo, 2004
  • Yellow sea chub, Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier, 1831)
  • Revillagigedo sea chub, Kyphosus lutescens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
  • Kyphosus pacificus Sakai & Nakabo, 2004
  • Bermuda sea chub, Kyphosus sectator (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Silver drummer, Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886)
  • Brassy chub, Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
• Genus Neoscorpis
  • Stone-bream, Neoscorpis lithophilus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908).
• Genus Sectator
  • Sectator azureus Jordan & Evermann, 1903.
  • Bluestriped chub, Sectator ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).

References

1. Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.

• "Kyphosinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Kyphosidae" in FishBase. May 2006 version.

External links

• Data related to Kyphosinae at Wikispecies