Kyphosidae
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κυφός (kuphós, “humpback, bent”).
Proper noun
Kyphosidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – sea chubs, rudderfishes, pilot fishes.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Osteichthyes – superclass; Actinopterygii – superclass; Actinopteri – class; Neopterygii – subclass; Teleostei – infraclass; Perciformes – order
Hyponyms
- (family): Girellinae (nibblers); Kyphosinae (rudderfishes); Microcanthinae (microanthines); Scorpidinae (halfmoons, knifefishes, sweeps) - subfamilies
- Girella, Graus; Kyphosus; Atypichthys, Microcanthus, Neatypus, Tilodon; Bathystethus, Labracoglossa, Medialuna, Neoscorpis, Scorpis - genera
References
- Kyphosidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Kyphosidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Kyphosidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Kyphosidae at World Register of Marine Species
- "Family Summary" in FishBase.