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brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)
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brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis) specimen
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Kyphosidae

brassy chub

Kyphosus vaigiensis

Seventy Centimeters Kyphosid Fish from the Mediterranean Sea

  • Tropical
  • Globally widespread
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

brassy chub is known around Circumtropical as a marine fish; It occurs in coastal waters, and the largest recorded length is 70 cm.

Maximum length
70 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Circumtropical: from the eastern Pacific across the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the eastern and western Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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