KYPHOSUS VAIGIENSIS - (QUOY & GAIMARD, 1825)
Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Kyphosidae (Family) > Kyphosinae (Subfamily) > Kyphosus (Genus)
Saupe cuivrée, Saupe grise à lignes jaunes, Bass seachub, Blue sea chub, Brassy chub, Brassy drummer, Brassy rudderfish, Large-tailed drummer, Long-finned drummer, Long-finned rudderfish, Lowfin chub, Lowfin drummer, Lowfin rudderfish, Lowfinned rudderfish, Northern silver drummer, Southern drummer, Queensland drummer, Brons vetsak, Messing-rorfisk, Isuzumi, Charmbaleh-e-boronzi, Preguiçosa bronzeada,
Etymologie
Kyphosus: du Grec, kyphos = une courbe, une bosse.
vaigiensis : vient de Waigiou (ou Waigeo), la plus grande île des Raja Ampat, en Indonésie.
Synonymes
Khyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Kyphosus bleekeri (Fowler, 1933)
Kyphosus gibsoni (Ogilby, 1912)
Kyphosus lembus (Cuvier, 1831)
Kyphosus vaigensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Pimelepterus lembus (Cuvier, 1831)
Pimelepterus marciac (Cuvier, 1831)
Pimelepterus ternatensis (Bleeker, 1853)
Pimelepterus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Pimelepterus waigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Segutilum gibsoni (Ogilby, 1912)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14. Max length : 70.0 cm TL; common length : 50.0 cm TL. Depth range 1 - 25 m.
Vertical line drawn from edge of anal fin runs through caudal fin. Elliptical body silver with prominent orange-brown lines on the body, upper edge of the gill opening, pectoral fin base, and around the eye, a black spot below the pectoral fin base.
Dorsal rays XI, 14; anal rays III, 13; pectoral rays 18; upper gill rakers 9; lower gill rakers 23; pored scales in lateral line 51; longitudinal scale rows 60; scale rows between lateral line and origin of dorsal spines 11; scale rows between lateral line and origin of anal spines 18; teeth unicuspid and uniserial; body depth 2.2 in SL; body width 2.6 in body depth; head length 3.9 in SL; snout length 3.1 in head length; orbit diameter 3.8 in head length; caudal peduncle depth 9.3 in SL; fifth dorsal spine longest, 10 in SL; maximum dorsal ray height 13.6 in SL, dorsal rays not elevated; base of spinous dorsal 3.8 in SL, base of soft dorsal 3.4 in SL; outer edge of anal rays straight; caudal fin moderately forked, caudal concavity 17 in SL.
Colour
Silver-grey, darker dorsally, with bronze longitudinal lines following scale rows on flanks; head with 2 gold stripes, one below eye and the other behind eye; a black spot at base of pectoral fin; pectoral fin silvery-yellow, with black leading edge; dorsal, anal, and caudal fins dusky.
Etymology
Kyphosus: Greek, kyphos = bent, a hump.
vaigiensis : Come from the word Waigiou or Waigeo, the biggest Raja Ampat island, in Indonesia.
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa south to Algoa Bay, South Africa and east to the Hawaiian, Tuamoto, and Rapa islands. Reported from New Caledonia.
Biology
Aggregate over hard, algal coated bottoms of exposed surf-swept outer reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 24 m. Found in exposed areas around rocky reefs. Benthopelagic. Usually in groups. Young (up to 5 cm) found among floating seaweed; feeding on small crustaceans. Adults are carnivorous during summer and autumn but feed on Petalonia binghamiae ((J.Agardh) K.L.Vinogradova, 1973) during winter. Good food fish.
Saupe cuivrée, Saupe grise à lignes jaunes, Bass seachub, Blue sea chub, Brassy chub, Brassy drummer, Brassy rudderfish, Large-tailed drummer, Long-finned drummer, Long-finned rudderfish, Lowfin chub, Lowfin drummer, Lowfin rudderfish, Lowfinned rudderfish, Northern silver drummer, Southern drummer, Queensland drummer, Brons vetsak, Messing-rorfisk, Isuzumi, Charmbaleh-e-boronzi, Preguiçosa bronzeada,
Etymologie
Kyphosus: du Grec, kyphos = une courbe, une bosse.
vaigiensis : vient de Waigiou (ou Waigeo), la plus grande île des Raja Ampat, en Indonésie.
Synonymes
Khyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Kyphosus bleekeri (Fowler, 1933)
Kyphosus gibsoni (Ogilby, 1912)
Kyphosus lembus (Cuvier, 1831)
Kyphosus vaigensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Pimelepterus lembus (Cuvier, 1831)
Pimelepterus marciac (Cuvier, 1831)
Pimelepterus ternatensis (Bleeker, 1853)
Pimelepterus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Pimelepterus waigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Segutilum gibsoni (Ogilby, 1912)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14. Max length : 70.0 cm TL; common length : 50.0 cm TL. Depth range 1 - 25 m.
Vertical line drawn from edge of anal fin runs through caudal fin. Elliptical body silver with prominent orange-brown lines on the body, upper edge of the gill opening, pectoral fin base, and around the eye, a black spot below the pectoral fin base.
Dorsal rays XI, 14; anal rays III, 13; pectoral rays 18; upper gill rakers 9; lower gill rakers 23; pored scales in lateral line 51; longitudinal scale rows 60; scale rows between lateral line and origin of dorsal spines 11; scale rows between lateral line and origin of anal spines 18; teeth unicuspid and uniserial; body depth 2.2 in SL; body width 2.6 in body depth; head length 3.9 in SL; snout length 3.1 in head length; orbit diameter 3.8 in head length; caudal peduncle depth 9.3 in SL; fifth dorsal spine longest, 10 in SL; maximum dorsal ray height 13.6 in SL, dorsal rays not elevated; base of spinous dorsal 3.8 in SL, base of soft dorsal 3.4 in SL; outer edge of anal rays straight; caudal fin moderately forked, caudal concavity 17 in SL.
Colour
Silver-grey, darker dorsally, with bronze longitudinal lines following scale rows on flanks; head with 2 gold stripes, one below eye and the other behind eye; a black spot at base of pectoral fin; pectoral fin silvery-yellow, with black leading edge; dorsal, anal, and caudal fins dusky.
Etymology
Kyphosus: Greek, kyphos = bent, a hump.
vaigiensis : Come from the word Waigiou or Waigeo, the biggest Raja Ampat island, in Indonesia.
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa south to Algoa Bay, South Africa and east to the Hawaiian, Tuamoto, and Rapa islands. Reported from New Caledonia.
Biology
Aggregate over hard, algal coated bottoms of exposed surf-swept outer reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 24 m. Found in exposed areas around rocky reefs. Benthopelagic. Usually in groups. Young (up to 5 cm) found among floating seaweed; feeding on small crustaceans. Adults are carnivorous during summer and autumn but feed on Petalonia binghamiae ((J.Agardh) K.L.Vinogradova, 1973) during winter. Good food fish.