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Revillagigedo Sea Chub

Kyphosus lutescens

Also known as: Drummer, Rudderfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
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Overview

Found singly or in schools, close to shorelines, over shallow coral and rocky reefs.
Eastern Central Pacific - Revillagigedo Islands

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

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How to identify

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Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Central Pacific
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Found singly or in schools, close to shorelines, over shallow coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

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

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