Yellow sea chub (Kyphosus incisor)

Scientific name: Kyphosus incisor Cuvier, 1831

Yellow sea chub (Kyphosus incisor)

The Yellow sea chub (Kyphosus incisor) is a marine fish of the family Kyphosidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13. grey with longitudinal brassy stripes on body and 2 brassy horizontal bands on head. Opercular membrane slightly pigmented. 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).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Kyphosus incisor
Family
Kyphosidae (Sea chubs)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
90.0
Common length
45.0
Environment
Marine; reef-associated
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Cape Cod, Massachusetts (USA) to Brazil. Also found in Argentina. Eastern Atlantic: Madeira Island, S?o Tiago Island (Cape Verde) and Angola; Sao Tome Island.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tm>4)

Sources

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

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