The silver drummer (Kyphosus sydneyanus), also known as the buff bream, buffalo bream, buffs, common buffalo bream, drummer bream, Southern silver drummer or Sydney drummer, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. It is found in the southeastern Indian Ocean and the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand where it is found in shallow water near rocky reefs.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Silver Drummer 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 bigibbus
- Kyphosus sectatrix
- Kyphosus cornelii
- Medialuna californiensis
- Kyphosus elegans
- Girella elevata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Kyphosidae
- Genus
- Kyphosus
- Species
- Kyphosus sydneyanus
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