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Kyphosidae
blue sea chub
Kyphosus cinerascens
Fish Reaching Fifty Three Centimeters in the Hawaiian Islands
blue sea chub is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 53 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Kyphosidae
- Genus
- Kyphosus
- Maximum length
- 53 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Line and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

