Kyphosus bigibbus

Kyphosus bigibbus
Near Baa Atoll, Maldives
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Kyphosidae
Genus: Kyphosus
Species:
K. bigibbus
Binomial name
Kyphosus bigibbus
Synonyms
  • Pimelepterus bosquii Lacepède, 1802
  • Kyphosus bosquii (Lacepède, 1802)
  • Xyster fuscus Lacepède, 1803
  • Kyphosus fuscus (Lacepède, 1803)
  • Pimelepterus fuscus (Lacepède, 1803)
  • Dorsuarius nigrescens Lacepède, 1803
  • Pimelepterus fallax Klunzinger, 1884

Kyphosus bigibbus, the brown chub, grey drummer, darkfin drummer, insular rudderfish, grey chub, grey sea chub, southern drummer or topsail drummer is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. It is a herbivorous species which is found in subtropical and tropical seas worldwide.

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