Definition of Kyphosus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Kyphosidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Kyphosus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Kyphosidae, Kyphosidae
Member holonyms: Bermuda Chub, Kyphosus Sectatrix, Rudderfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kyphosus

Kyiv
Kyivan
Kyivans
Kyla
Kyle
Kylee
Kyleigh
Kyler
Kylie
Kymber
Kymric
Kymry
Kyoto
Kyparissia
Kyphosidae
Kyphosus
Kyphosus sectatrix
Kyra
Kyrgyz
Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyz SSR
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstani
Kyrgyzstani monetary unit
Kyriakos
Kythira
Kyusakamoto
Kyushu
Kyustendil

Literary usage of Kyphosus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The best-known members of this group belong to the genus kyphosus. ... kyphosus elegans is found on the west coast of Mexico, kyphosus ..."

2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"GENUS kyphosus LACEPEDE The ... Teeth broad and rounded; maxillary rather long, reaching pupil, 3t in head lutescens, 453 kyphosus análogas, the salema, ..."

3. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"A species of kyphosus Lacepède. Monotypic. Xyster Lacepède, V, 484, 1803; ... Equivalent to kyphosus. Monotypic. Cyprinodon Lacepède, V, 486, ..."

4. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"... similar to soft dorsal; caudal forked, pectorals small; ventrals posterior to pectorals. Five species are American. (kyphosus, humped.) 267. kyphosus ..."

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