Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Kyphosus elegans
chopa Cortés, Cortez sea chub
Thin, dark stripes run length of body; tail dusky. Can display silvery white spot pattern over entire body. If an imaginary line extended upward along rear edge of the anal fin, it would pass in front of upper tail fin lobe. Size: To about 38 cm
Habitat: Close to shore in shallow waters.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Centrarchiformes
Family
Kyphosidae
Genus
Kyphosus
Species
elegans
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pimelepterus elegans Peters, 1869, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Taxon origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, from Baja California and Gulf, along the western coast of Mexico, to Costa Rica to Panama, also Revillagigedos, Clipperton, Cocos and Ecuador in Galapagos Islands, and Peru.
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