Kyphosus sectatrix
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=303486 on 2026-08-28
created: 2008-02-28T14:41:07Z
modified: 2013-01-08T12:20:45Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Teleostei
family: Kyphosidae
genus: Kyphosus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in: Sakai, K.; Nakabo, T. (2014). Taxonomic review of Kyphosus (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans. Ichthyological Research. 61(3): 265-292.
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 2014
order: Centrarchiformes
parent name usage ID: 126015
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: sectatrix
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted