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Bony fish

Cortez Sea Chub

Kyphosus elegans

Also known as: Cortez Chub, Drummer, Pacific Chub, Rudderfish

Adult
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Overview

Found singly or in schools, sometimes mixed with Kyphosus analogus, or grazing with Prionurus laticlavius, in shallow waters close to shore. Has the ability to change from plain grey to spots.
They feed mainly on filamentous algae, but ingest benthic invertebrates and plankton.
Eastern Pacific - Gulf of California to Ecuador

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

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Pacific
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Found singly or in schools, sometimes mixed with Kyphosus analogus, or grazing with Prionurus laticlavius, in shallow waters close to shore.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyKyphosidae
    6. genusKyphosus
    7. speciesKyphosus elegans (Peters, 1869)

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    More in the family

    Sea Chubs (Kyphosidae)