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Kyphosidae
yellow chub
Kyphosus incisor
Ninety Centimeters Kyphosid Fish of the Brazilian Coast
yellow chub is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 90 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Kyphosidae
- Genus
- Kyphosus
- Maximum length
- 90 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Cape Cod, Massachusetts (USA) to Brazil. Also found in Argentina (Ref. 86336 ). Eastern Atlantic: Madeira Island (Ref. 74541 ), São Tiago Island (Cape Verde) and Angola (Ref. 7373 ); Sao Tome Island (Ref. 30488 ).

