Kyphosus sectatrix

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Noun1.Kyphosus sectatrix - food and game fish around Bermuda and FloridaKyphosus sectatrix - food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
Bermuda chub, rudderfish
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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Group 4 was composed of two pelagic species, Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) and Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836, occurring only on rede-alta, whereas group 5 was formed by a single species, Atlantoraja castelnaui (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907), caught solely on the linguadeira (Table 1).
Marine protected area and the spatial distribution of the gill net fishery in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil/Area marinha protegida e a distribuicao espacial da pescaria de rede de emalhe em Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Oxenford, "Home range size and use of space by Bermuda chub Kyphosus sectatrix (L.) in two marine reserves in the Soufriere Marine Management Area, St Lucia, West Indies," Journal ofFish Biology, vol.
Modeling coral reef fish home range movements in Dry Tortugas, Florida
Species of Kyphosus are difficult to identify and a recent family revision by Knudsen & Clements (2013) has revealed that in addition to the Bermuda Chub, Kyphosus sectatrix, two other chubs occur in Bermuda, both with unfamiliar names.
Fishes of Bermuda
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