Kyphosus ocyurus

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

Kyphosus ocyurus

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 ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)

• Holotype: USNM 29395.
• Paratype: BMNH 1903.5.15.55 (1) [from Jordan]; USNM 29397 (1), 29725 (1, not found in 1980).

Type locality: Panama Bay [eastern Pacific].

Synonymy

• Pimelepterus ocyurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
  • Sectator ocyurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 -- Jordan & Evermann, 1898
• Sectator azureus Jordan & Evermann, 1903

Vernacular names

English: Rainbow chub, bluestripe chub
español: Chopa salema

References

• Jordan, D. S. & Gilbert, C. H.; 1882: Descriptions of nineteen new species of fishes from the Bay of Panama. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission 1 [1881]: 306–335. BHL

• 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.