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Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bermuda sea chub
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Cape Verde country information

Common names: Doirada, Enchoba, Preguiçosa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Underwater photo in Ref. 34514.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cv.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reiner, F., 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Kyphosidae (Sea chubs)
Etymology: Kyphosus: Greek, kyphos = bent (Ref. 45335);  sectatrix: Named for its distributional range, restricted to Atlantic Ocean..
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
Regarded as nomina dubia by Sakai & Nakabo, 2014 (Ref. 95333). See explanation of the correct name choice to Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) versus saltatrix in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Oct. 2012: Ref. 92135).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 30 m (Ref. 9626), usually 1 - 10 m (Ref. 40849).   Subtropical; 46°N - 29°S, 98°W - 16°E

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Circumglobal.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 76.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5288); common length : 50.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3397); peso máx. Publicado: 6.0 kg (Ref. 40637)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 11; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 11 - 12; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais moles: 11. Gray overall, with faint yellow lines on side and yellow line from corner of mouth to preopercle (Ref. 26938). Upper part pf opercular membrane blackish. The young may display pale spots nearly as large as eye on the head, body and fins (Ref. 13442). Each jaw with a regular row of close-set, strong, incisor-like, round-tipped teeth of a peculiar hockey stick-shape, their bases set horizontally, resembling a radially striated bony plate inside mouth (Ref 52729).

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits shallow waters, over turtle grass, sand or rocky bottom and around coral reefs (Ref. 3725). Young commonly found among floating Sargassum seaweeds (Ref. 3725). Feeds on plants, mainly on benthic algae, as well as on small crabs and mollusks (Ref. 6547, 44187). Also feeds on spinner dolphins’ feces and vomits at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, southeast Atlantic. The offal feeding may be regarded as a simple behavioral shift from plankton feeding to drifting offal picking (Ref. 48727). Marketed fresh (Ref. 3725).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Oviparous (Ref. 101771).

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Knudsen, S.W. and K.D. Clements, 2013. Revision of the fish family Kyphosidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Zootaxa 3751(1):001-101. (Ref. 95491)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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