grey sea chub
Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Kyphosus bigibbus, the brown chub, grey drummer, darkfin drummer, insular rudderfish, grey chub, grey sea chub, southern drummer or topsail drummer is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. It is a herbivorous species which is found in subtropical and tropical seas worldwide.
Wikipedia contributors, Kyphosus bigibbus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:05:11.744991+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801
- Name authority
- Lacepède, 1801
- Common name
- grey sea chub
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Kyphosidae
- Genus
- Kyphosus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCentrarchiformes
- familyKyphosidae Jordan, 1887
- genusKyphosus Lacepède, 1801
- speciesKyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Kyphosus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Revillagigedo sea chubKyphosus lutescens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kyphosus azureus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blue sea chubKyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cortez sea chubKyphosus elegans (Peters, 1869) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kyphosus hawaiiensis Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellow chubKyphosus incisor (Cuvier, 1831) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kyphosus ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kyphosus pacificus Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kyphosus sandwicensis (Sauvage, 1880) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bermuda chubKyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) | KyphosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Kyphosus biggibus Lacepède, 1801 Lacepède, 1801 | synonym |
| Xyster fuscus Lacepède, 1803 Lacepède, 1803 | synonym |
| Pimelepterus bosquii Lacepède, 1802 Lacepède, 1802 | synonym |
| Pimelepterus fallax Klunzinger, 1884 Klunzinger, 1884 | synonym |
| Pimelepterus fuscus (Lacepède, 1803) (Lacepède, 1803) | synonym |
| Pimelepterus boscii Lacepède, 1802 Lacepède, 1802 | synonym |
| Kiphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801 Lacepède, 1801 | synonym |
| Kyphosus bosquii (Lacepède, 1802) (Lacepède, 1802) | synonym |
| Kyphosus fuscus (Lacepède, 1803) (Lacepède, 1803) | synonym |
| Pimelopterus fuscus (Lacepède, 1803) (Lacepède, 1803) | synonym |
| Dorsuarius nigrescens Lacepède, 1803 Lacepède, 1803 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Lacepède, B. G. E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i–lxvi + 1–558, Pls. 1–34. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3RHBH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.