Cortez sea chub (Kyphosus elegans)

Scientific name: Kyphosus elegans Peters, 1869

Cortez sea chub (Kyphosus elegans)

The Cortez sea chub (Kyphosus elegans) is a marine fish of the family Kyphosidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands.

Biology

Body oval, somewhat elongate, and compressed (depth contained less than 2.0 times in standard length); head and mouth small; teeth highly characteristic, forming a single anterior row in each jaw, incisiform and somewhat lanceolate in shape, resembling the head of a golf club, their roots compressed and horizontally set, forming a striated plate inside the mouth; vomer toothed; dorsal fin with 13 soft rays; lateral line scales 59 to 61; first anal ray longer than subsequent rays; body entirely dark gray, with dark stripes on flanks; sometimes with white spots.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Kyphosus elegans
Family
Kyphosidae (Sea chubs)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
53.0
Common length
25.0
Depth range
1–40 m (3–131 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 40 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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