Kyphosus hawaiiensis Hawaiian chub

Kyphosus hawaiiensis is commonly referred to as Hawaiian chub. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7408 

AphiaID:

273522 

Scientific:

Kyphosus hawaiiensis 

German:

Steuerbarsch 

English:

Hawaiian Chub 

Category:

Sea chubs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Kyphosidae (Family) > Kyphosus (Genus) > hawaiiensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 

Occurrence:

Central Pazific, Hawaii, Kiribati, Midway Islands 

Size:

up to 16.14" (41 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Kyphosus analogus
• Kyphosus atlanticus
• Kyphosus azureus
• 
  Kyphosus bigibbus
  Dunkler Ruderfisch, Grauer Trommler
• Kyphosus bosquii
• 
  Kyphosus cinerascens
  Blauer Ruderfisch, Hochflossen-Ruderfisch, Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus cornelii
• 
  Kyphosus elegans
  Cortez-Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus gladius
• 
  Kyphosus hawaiiensis
  Steuerbarsch
• 
  Kyphosus incisor
  Karibischer Ruderfisch, Karibischer Steuerbarsch
• 
  Kyphosus lutescens
  Gelber Steuerbarsch
• 
  Kyphosus ocyurus
  Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus pacificus
• Kyphosus sandwicensis
• 
  Kyphosus sectatrix
  Bermuda Ruderfisch, Bermuda Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus sydneyanus
• 
  Kyphosus vaigiensis
  Messing-Ruderfisch, Messingfarbener Steuerbarsch
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-07-29 18:29:52 

Last edit:

2014-07-29 18:29:52 

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