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Kyphosus elegans Cortez sea chub

Kyphosus elegans is commonly referred to as Cortez sea 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.


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lexID:
8430 
AphiaID:
273521 
Scientific:
Kyphosus elegans 
German:
Cortez-Steuerbarsch 
English:
Cortez Sea Chub 
Category:
Sea chubs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Centrarchiformes (Order) > Kyphosidae (Family) > Kyphosus (Genus) > elegans (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Peters, ), 1869 
Occurrence:
El Salvador, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 40 Meter 
Size:
9.84" - 20.87" (25cm - 53cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Insects 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-09-04 20:23:01 

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(Peters, 1869)

This species lives endemic and is widespread in the Eastern Pacific and common throughout most of its range.

The Cortez sea chub is found from southern California to the Gulf of California to Peru, including all the offshore islands.

This cub is a reef-associated species sometimes can be seen in schools with Kyphosus analogus and is also known to school and graze with Prionurus laticlavius.

At the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama, the cub has been found in deep zones of middle-sized rocks and sand, massive corals, deep rocky reef and exposed shallow rocky reef in a depth range to 40 meters.

Synonym:
Pimelepterus elegans Peters, 1869

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 04.09.2023.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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