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Bony fish

Blue-striped Chub

Kyphosus ocyurus

Also known as: Blue-striped Sea Chub, Drummer, Rainbow Chub, Rudderfish

Adult
@Tobias · Pacific Coast, Isla Cano, Costa Rica · June 20131 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, or in schools, often with other chubs, around bommies, drop-off's, rocky shores, and walls, as well as out in the open ocean.

Rudderfish are usually found in turbulent high energy zones where food is more abundant.

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How to identify

Pattern
stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Pacific
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Found singly, or in schools, often with other chubs, around bommies, drop-off's, rocky shores, and walls, as well as out in the open ocean.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyKyphosidae
    6. genusKyphosus
    7. speciesKyphosus ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)

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    More in the family

    Sea Chubs (Kyphosidae)