Sea chub
| Sea chubs | |
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| Girella fimbriata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: |
Kyphosidae T. N. Gill, 1893 |
| Subfamilies | |
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The sea chubs are a family, Kyphosidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans usually close to shore in marine waters.
The four subfamilies with 14 genera in this family are:
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