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Sea chub

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Kingdom
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Family

Scientific name
  
Kyphosidae

Higher classification
  
Percoidea

Order
  
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Lower classifications
  
Smallscale blackfish, Brassy chub, Girella, Bermuda chub, Labracoglossa argenteiventris

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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.

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Subfamilies and genera

The four subfamilies with 14 genera in this family are:

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  • Girellinae - nibblers
  • Genus Girella
  • Genus Graus
  • 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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    References

    Sea chub Wikipedia


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