Kyphosidae

Sea chubs

16 species

1. 1Kyphosus azureus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) · Zebra-perch sea chubocean · subtropical
2. 2Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801 · Brown chubocean · tropical · reef
3. 3Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) · Blue sea chubocean · tropical · reef
4. 4Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944) · Western buffalo breamocean · subtropical · reef
5. 5Kyphosus elegans (Peters, 1869) · Cortez sea chubocean · tropical · reef
6. 6Kyphosus gladius Knudsen & Clements, 2013 · Gladius sea chubocean · subtropical
7. 7Kyphosus hawaiiensis Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 · Hawaiian chubocean · tropical · reef
8. 8Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier, 1831) · Yellow sea chubocean · subtropical · reef
9. 9Kyphosus lutescens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) · Revillagigedo sea chubocean · tropical · reef
10. 10Kyphosus ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) · Bluestriped chubocean · tropical
11. 11Kyphosus pacificus Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 · Pacific drummerocean · subtropical · reef
12. 12Kyphosus sandwicensis (Sauvage, 1880) · Pacific chubocean · tropical · reef
13. 13Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) · Bermuda sea chubocean · subtropical · reef
14. 14Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) · Silver drummerbrackish · ocean · temperate
15. 15Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · Brassy chubocean · tropical · reef
16. 16Neoscorpis lithophilus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) · Stone-breamocean · subtropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.