Kyphosus hawaiiensis

Kyphosus hawaiiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Terapontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Centrarchiformes Subordo: Terapontoidei

Familia: Kyphosidae
Subfamilia: Kyphosinae
Genus: Kyphosus
Species: Kyphosus hawaiiensis

Name

Kyphosus hawaiiensis Sakai & Nakabo, 2004

• Holotype: BPBM 4048.
• Paratype: BMNH 1883.12.15.43 (1); BPBM 4039-40 [id. as K. fuscus (Lacepède) by Fower & Ball, 1925] (1 ea.), 4045 [id. as K. fuscus by Fowler, 1927] (1), 15448 (1), 25486 (2), 39105 (1); CAS 76339 (1); SU 23278 (3).

Type locality: Kaupoa, Molokai Island, Hawaiian Islands.

References

• Knudsen, S.W. & Clements, K.D. 2013. Revision of the fish family Kyphosidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Zootaxa 3751(1): 1–101. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3751.1.1 Reference page. 
• Sakai, K.; Nakabo, T. 2004: Two new species of Kyphosus (Kyphosidae) and a taxonomic review of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède from the Indo-Pacific. Ichthyological research 51(1): 20-32. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-003-0186-2 Reference page. 

English: Hawaiian chub