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Gray Drummer

Kyphosus bigibbus

Also known as: Bermuda Sea Chub, Blue Sea Chub, Brown Chub, Drummer, Grey Chub, Grey Drummer, Grey Rudderfish, Grey Sea Chub, Highfin Chub, Highfin Rudderfish, Insular Rudderfish, Long-finned Drummer, Rudderfish, Silvery-grey Perch, Southern Drummer, Stone Bream, Topsail Drummer

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
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@greatwhite · Live Aboard, Great Barrier Reef, Australia · May 20151 / 12
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Overview

Found in small to large schools, over exposed seaward reefs and around high isolated islands. May display white spots when stressed.

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 · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 4
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Found in small to large schools, over exposed seaward reefs and around high isolated islands.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyKyphosidae
    6. genusKyphosus
    7. speciesKyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801

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