Kyphosus sectatrix, the Bermuda chub, Pacific drummer, beaked chub, grey drummer, Pacific chub or white chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. This species is found in tropical and subtropical coastal waters worldwide. It has had a confused taxonomic history dating back to Linnaeus's naming of the species in 1758.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Bermuda Chub being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Kyphosus elegans
- Kyphosus bigibbus
- Kyphosus vaigiensis
- Kyphosus cinerascens
- Kyphosus cornelii
- Kyphosus sydneyanus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Kyphosidae
- Genus
- Kyphosus
- Species
- Kyphosus sectatrix
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