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Definition of Kyphosus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Kyphosidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Kyphosidae, Kyphosidae
Member holonyms: Bermuda Chub, Kyphosus Sectatrix, Rudderfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kyphosus
Literary usage of Kyphosus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The best-known members of this group belong to the genus Kyphosus. ... Kyphosus
elegans is found on the west coast of Mexico, Kyphosus ..."
2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"GENUS Kyphosus LACEPEDE The ... Teeth broad and rounded; maxillary rather long,
reaching pupil, 3t in head lutescens, 453 Kyphosus análogas, the salema, ..."
3. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"A species of Kyphosus Lacepède. Monotypic. Xyster Lacepède, V, 484, 1803; ...
Equivalent to Kyphosus. Monotypic. Cyprinodon Lacepède, V, 486, ..."
4. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"... similar to soft dorsal; caudal forked, pectorals small; ventrals posterior to
pectorals. Five species are American. (Kyphosus, humped.) 267. Kyphosus ..."
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