Family : Kyphosidae (Sea chubs) , subfamily: Kyphosinae
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Grey sea chub
Fish Name : Kyphosus bigibbus
Max size : 75.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 30573); max. published weight: 1,850 g (Ref. 40637)
Environment : reef-associated; oceanodromous
Climate : tropical; 35°N - 28°S
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
Resilience: Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-Pacific: Antitropical; Red Sea, South Africa, western and eastern Australia, Lord Howe and Rapa islands, southern Japan and Ryukyu Islands. Records for countries in the tropical zone needs further confirmation.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 10-11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines: 3-4; Anal soft rays: 10-12. Occasionally uniformly yellow, and rarely albino individuals occur (Ref. 37816).
Biology : Found around exposed seaward reefs of isolated high islands such as the northernmost Mariana and Bonin Is. Feeds on Sargassum and Turbinaria algae. Valued as a food fish, but not in Hawaii (Ref. 3921)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Myers, R.F.. 1991. (Ref. 1602)

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Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses