Kyphosus gladius

Kyphosus gladius
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Kyphosidae
Subfamily: Kyphosinae
Genus: Kyphosus
Species: K. gladius
Binomial name
Kyphosus gladius
Knudsen & Clements, 2013

Kyphosus gladius, the Gladius sea chub, is a species of sea chub native to the Indian Ocean waters off of Western Australia where it occurs at depths from the surface to 15 metres (49 ft). This species can reach a length of 45.7 centimetres (18.0 in) SL, though it is believed that they can exceed this measurement considerably.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Kyphosus gladius" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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