54 Species in Family Kyphosidae
Nominal species list for Kyphosidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Atypichthys latus McCulloch & Waite, 1916 Eastern footballer
Atypichthys strigatus (Günther, 1860) Australian mado
Bathystethus cultratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Grey knifefish
Bathystethus orientale Regan, 1913 Silver knifefish
Girella albostriata Steindachner, 1898
Girella cyanea Macleay, 1881 Blue drummer
Girella elevata Macleay, 1881 Black drummer
Girella feliciana Clark, 1938
Girella fimbriata (McCulloch, 1920) Caramel drummer
Girella freminvillii (Valenciennes, 1846)
Girella laevifrons (Tschudi, 1846)
Girella leonina (Richardson, 1846)
Girella mezina Jordan & Starks, 1907
Girella nebulosa Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912 Rapanui nibbler
Girella nigricans (Ayres, 1860) Opaleye
Girella punctata Gray, 1835
Girella simplicidens Osburn & Nichols, 1916 Gulf opal eye
Girella stuebeli Troschel, 1866
Girella tephraeops (Richardson, 1846) Rock blackfish
Girella tricuspidata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Parore
Girella zebra (Richardson, 1846) Zebra fish
Girella zonata Günther, 1859
Graus nigra Philippi, 1887
Kyphosus analogus (Gill, 1862) Blue-bronze sea chub
Kyphosus atlanticus Sakai & Nakabo, 2014
Kyphosus azureus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) Zebra-perch sea chub
Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801 Brown chub
Kyphosus bosquii (Lacepède, 1802)
Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) Blue sea chub
Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944) Western buffalo bream
Kyphosus elegans (Peters, 1869) Cortez sea chub
Kyphosus gladius Knudsen & Clements, 2013 Gladius sea chub
Kyphosus hawaiiensis Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 Hawaiian chub
Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier, 1831) Yellow sea chub
Kyphosus lutescens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Revillagigedo sea chub
Kyphosus ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Bluestriped chub
Kyphosus pacificus Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 Pacific drummer
Kyphosus sandwicensis (Sauvage, 1880) Pacific chub
Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) Bermuda sea chub
Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) Silver drummer
Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Brassy chub
Labracoglossa argenteiventris Peters, 1866
Labracoglossa nitida McCulloch & Waite, 1916 Blue knifefish
Medialuna ancietae Chirichigno F., 1987
Medialuna californiensis (Steindachner, 1876) Halfmoon
Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) Stripey
Neatypus obliquus Waite, 1905 Western footballer
Neoscorpis lithophilus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Stone-bream
Scorpis aequipinnis Richardson, 1848 Sea sweep
Scorpis chilensis Guichenot, 1848
Scorpis georgiana Valenciennes, 1832 Banded sweep
Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 Silver sweep
Scorpis violacea (Hutton, 1873) Blue maomao
Tilodon sexfasciatus (Richardson, 1842) Moonlighter
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