- Source: 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 usually close to shore in marine waters.
Subfamilies and genera
The four subfamilies with 12 genera in this family are:
Girellinae Gill, 1862 (nibblers)
Genus Girella Gray, 1835
Genus Graus (genus) Philippi, 1887
Kyphosinae Jordan, 1887 (rudderfishes)
Genus Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801
Microcanthinae Bleeker, 1876 (microanthines)
Genus Atypichthys Günther, 1862
Genus Microcanthus Swainson, 1839
Genus Neatypus Waite, 1905
Genus Tilodon Thominot, 1881
Scorpidinae Günther, 1860 (halfmoons)
Genus Bathystethus Gill, 1893
Genus Labracoglossa Peters, 1866
Genus Medialuna Jordan & Fesler, 1893
Genus Neoscorpis J.L.B. Smith, 1931
Genus Scorpis Valenciennes 1832
Alternative classification
Some authorities raise the subfamilies to full family status as the families Girellidae, Kyphosidae, Microacanthidae and Scorpididae and do not support the monophyly of the Kyphosidae as outlined above.
Timeline
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Elak (ikan)
- Ikan halusinogenik
- Kyphosus
- Selar kuning
- California
- Sea chub
- Chub
- Gladius sea chub
- USS Chub
- Kyphosus
- List of fish common names
- Kyphosus sectatrix
- Hallucinogenic fish
- Dnieper chub
- Kyphosus vaigiensis
