Kyphosus incisor Yellow sea chub

Kyphosus incisor is commonly referred to as Yellow sea chub. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3433 

AphiaID:

126955 

Scientific:

Kyphosus incisor 

German:

Karibischer Ruderfisch, Karibischer Steuerbarsch 

English:

Yellow Sea Chub 

Category:

Calicagères 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Kyphosidae (Family) > Kyphosus (Genus) > incisor (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1831 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Argentina, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 15 Meter 

Size:

up to 29.92" (76 cm) 

Weight:

3.9 kg 

Temperature:

°F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Kelp, Seaweed 

Difficulty:

Pas pour l'aquarium! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Kyphosus analogus
• Kyphosus atlanticus
• Kyphosus azureus
• 
  Kyphosus bigibbus
  Dunkler Ruderfisch, Grauer Trommler
• Kyphosus bosquii
• 
  Kyphosus cinerascens
  Blauer Ruderfisch, Hochflossen-Ruderfisch, Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus cornelii
• 
  Kyphosus elegans
  Cortez-Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus gladius
• 
  Kyphosus hawaiiensis
  Steuerbarsch
• 
  Kyphosus incisor
  Karibischer Ruderfisch, Karibischer Steuerbarsch
• 
  Kyphosus lutescens
  Gelber Steuerbarsch
• 
  Kyphosus ocyurus
  Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus pacificus
• Kyphosus sandwicensis
• 
  Kyphosus sectatrix
  Bermuda Ruderfisch, Bermuda Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus sydneyanus
• 
  Kyphosus vaigiensis
  Messing-Ruderfisch, Messingfarbener Steuerbarsch
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-12-10 15:04:08 

Last edit:

2019-11-21 15:53:28 

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