Kyphosidae

Translingual

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυφός (kuphós, “humpback, bent”).

Proper noun

Kyphosidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – sea chubs, rudderfishes, pilot fishes.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Perciformes – order

Hyponyms

• (family): Girellinae (nibblers); Kyphosinae (rudderfishes); Microcanthinae (microanthines); Scorpidinae (halfmoons, knifefishes, sweeps) - subfamilies
  • Girella, Graus; Kyphosus; Atypichthys, Microcanthus, Neatypus, Tilodon; Bathystethus, Labracoglossa, Medialuna, Neoscorpis, Scorpis - genera

References

• Kyphosidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kyphosidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Kyphosidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Kyphosidae at World Register of Marine Species
• "Family Summary" in FishBase.