Kyphosus sydneyanus

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

Kyphosus sydneyanus

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

Name

Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886)

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1883.11.29.5 (dry, stuffed).

Type locality: Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.

Synonymy

• Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther, 1886
  • Segutilum sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) -- Whitley, 1931
• Pimelepterus meridonalis Ogilby, 1887
• Cridorsa moonta Whitley, 1938
• Kyphosus diemenensis Scott, 1971 -- (nomen dubium)

Vernacular names

English: silver drummer

References

• Günther, A.; 1886: Note on Pachymetopon and the Australian species of Pimelepterus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 5) 18 (107) (art. 36): 367–368.

• 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.