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Kyphosidae

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Noun1.Kyphosidae - sea chubs
fish family - any of various families of fish
order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
sea chub - schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic
genus Kyphosus, Kyphosus - type genus of the Kyphosidae


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21 (12-66) 4 (13-71) 8 (11-22) Trachinotuscarolinus Trachinotus falcatus Lobotidae Lobotes surinamensis 11 (11-52) 2 (29-30) 1 (33) Mullidae Mulloidichthys martinicus * 1 (87) Pseudupeneus maculatus 3 (37-43) Kyphosidae Kyphosus incisor 2 (29-91) 4 (19-39) 1 (14) Kyphosus sectatrix 30 (15-89) 2 (25-33) Kyphosus sp.
Data analysis Targeted species were classified into five groups according to Bellwood (1988): reef-associated species (Carangidae and Sphyraenidae), reef planktivores (Acanthuridae, Caesionidae, and Pomacentridae), reef species (mainly Lutjanidae, Lethrinidae, Scaridae, Serranidae, Kyphosidae, and octopus), open water species (Belonidae, Elopidae, and Scombridae), and off-reef species (Lutjanidae).
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