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grey sea chub (Kyphosus bigibbus)
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grey sea chub (Kyphosus bigibbus) specimen
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Kyphosidae

grey sea chub

Kyphosus bigibbus

Seventy Five Centimeters Kyphosid Fish from the South African Coast

  • Gray
  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

grey sea chub is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 75 cm.

Maximum length
75 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Antitropical; Red Sea, South Africa, western and eastern Australia, Lord Howe and Rapa islands, southern Japan and Ryukyu Islands. Records for countries in the tropical zone needs further confirmation.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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