WoRMS name details
Kyphosinae Jordan, 1887
151779 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151779)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Subfamily
- Genus Neoscorpis Smith, 1931
- Genus Cantharus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Spondyliosoma Cantor, 1849
- Genus Khyphosus accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
- Genus Kiphosus accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
- Genus Kyphosis accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
- Genus Pimelopterus accepted as Pimelepterus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Kyphosinae Jordan, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151779 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
