Kyphosus sectatrix Beaked Chub, Bermuda Chub, Bermuda Sea Chub, Grey Drummer, Pacific Chub, White Chub, Pacific Drummer

Kyphosus sectatrix is commonly referred to as Beaked Chub, Bermuda Chub, Bermuda Sea Chub, Grey Drummer, Pacific Chub, White Chub, Pacific Drummer. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 10000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2815 

AphiaID:

303486 

Scientific:

Kyphosus sectatrix 

German:

Bermuda Ruderfisch, Bermuda Steuerbarsch 

English:

Beaked Chub, Bermuda Chub, Bermuda Sea Chub, Grey Drummer, Pacific Chub, White Chub, Pacific Drummer 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Centrarchiformes (Order) > Kyphosidae (Family) > Kyphosus (Genus) > sectatrix (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Tunesien, Suriname, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Azores, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada Eastern Pacific, Circumglobal, Columbia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, European Coasts, Florida, French Guiana, Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Honduras, Indian Ocean, Jamaica, Lord Howe Island, Madeira, Martinique, Montserrat, Morocco, Nicaragua, Norfolk Island, North Atlantic Ocean, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé e Principé, Spain, Tasman Sea, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Cayman Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Reef-associated, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

19.69" - 29.92" (50cm - 76cm) 

Weight:

6 kg 

Temperature:

20,1 °F - 82.4 °F (20,1°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Clams, Crabs, Invertebrates, Snails 

Tank:

2199.78 gal (~ 10000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Kyphosus analogus
• Kyphosus atlanticus
• Kyphosus azureus
• 
  Kyphosus bigibbus
  Dunkler Ruderfisch, Grauer Trommler
• Kyphosus bosquii
• 
  Kyphosus cinerascens
  Blauer Ruderfisch, Hochflossen-Ruderfisch, Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus cornelii
• 
  Kyphosus elegans
  Cortez-Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus gladius
• 
  Kyphosus hawaiiensis
  Steuerbarsch
• 
  Kyphosus incisor
  Karibischer Ruderfisch, Karibischer Steuerbarsch
• 
  Kyphosus lutescens
  Gelber Steuerbarsch
• 
  Kyphosus ocyurus
  Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus pacificus
• Kyphosus sandwicensis
• 
  Kyphosus sectatrix
  Bermuda Ruderfisch, Bermuda Steuerbarsch
• Kyphosus sydneyanus
• 
  Kyphosus vaigiensis
  Messing-Ruderfisch, Messingfarbener Steuerbarsch
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-06-01 17:13:51 

Last edit:

2025-04-29 22:27:07 

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