Blue sea chub

Kyphosus cinerascens

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–15 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsJuly
How commonCommon

About this species

Kyphosus cinerascens, commonly known as the blue sea chub or blue-bronze chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Kyphosidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Kyphosus cinerascens”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 30 records
February: 22 records
March: 104 records
April: 144 records
May: 189 records
June: 42 records
July: 349 records
August: 128 records
September: 139 records
October: 86 records
November: 7 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–15 m · Deepest record: 125 m

0–10 m: 858 records
10–20 m: 318 records
20–30 m: 16 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 5 records
24–26 °C: 36 records
26–28 °C: 304 records
28–30 °C: 405 records

Names and classification

English: Blue sea chub, Snubnose chub, Ashen drummer, Blue Chub, bluefish, blue sea chub, Highfin Chub, Highfin Chub, Blue sea chub, Blue seachub, Highfin rudderfish, High Fin Rudderfish, Long-finned drummer, rudderfish, Sea chub, snubnose chub, Snubnose drummer, Snubnose rudderfish, Stone bream, Topsail Chub, Topsail drummer

Names in 6 more languages

German: Heller Ruderbarsch
Spanish: Chopa azul, Chopa grisácea
French: Calicagère bleu, Calicagère bleue, Calicagère grise, Saupe grise, Ui-ua gris
Japanese: Tenjikuisaki, テンジクイサキ
Thai: ปลากะพงสลิดลายน้ำเงิน, ปลาสีนวล
Simplified Chinese: 天竺舵魚, 白毛, 長鰭, 长鳍鮀, 開旗

Other scientific names: Cantharus maculatus, Khyphosus cinerascens, Kyphosus indicus, Kyphosus tahmel, Pachymetopon squamosum, Pimelepterus altipinnis, Pimelepterus altipinnoides, Pimelepterus cinerascens, Pimelepterus dussumieri, Pimelepterus indicus, Pimelepterus raynaldi, Pimelepterus tahmel, Sciaena cinerascens, Sciaena tahmel, Scorpis vinosa

Similar species

Brassy chub
Kyphosus vaigiensis

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
4,325 open-data records from 1889 to 2023.

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