Bluestriped Chub

Kyphosus ocyurus

Kyphosid Fish beneath Japanese Waters

Bluestriped Chub is known around Eastern Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 59 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Freshwater Sunfishes and Allies
Family: Kyphosidae
Genus: Kyphosus
Maximum length: 59 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: from Galapagos to Hawaii and across the Pacific to SE Japan, Guam and Palau, and Marquesas; possibly Micronesia.

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