Kyphosus azureus ( Jenkins & Evermann, 1889 )

Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm & Clements, Kendall D., 2013, Revision of the fish family Kyphosidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), Zootaxa 3751 (1), pp. 1-101 : 11

Kyphosus azureus ( Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)

(Common name: zebraperch, zebra-striped sea perch, chopa bonita)

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Hermosilla azurea Jenkins and Evermann 1889: p. 144 –145 (type-locality: Guaymas, Sonora, western Mexico), holotype: USNM 39629; Thomson et al. 1979: p. 123 (Monterey, California, Sea of Cortez); Eschmeyer and Herald 1983: p. 224, pl. 34; Goodson 1988: p. 89; Stevens et al. 1989: p. 759, fig. 1, 6, 7; Robins et al. 1991: p. 55 (Pacific); Allen and Robertson 1994: p. 176 (Baja California, Californian Gulf); Sommer 1995: p. 1199 (key) (Californian Gulf); De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997: p. 194 (Baja California, Californian Gulf); Gotshall 1998: p. 47, fig. 101 (California); Thomson et al. 2001: p. 141; Sturm and Horn 2001: p. 170 (Southern Californian Bight); Nelson et al. 2004: p. 150; Fidopiastis et al. 2006: p. 631.

Hermosilla robusta Osburn and Nichols 1916: p. 166 , fig. 11 (type-locality: Tiburon Island, Gulf of California, Mexico), holotype: USNM 87547; Thomson et al. 2001: p. 141.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Museum material and freshly caught specimens of Kyphosus azureus and K. cornelii, photos by SWK unless specified otherwise, all lengths are in mm SL, scale bars equal 10 mm: A) Kyphosus azureus, USNM 39629, 155 mm, holotype of Hermosilla azurea (photo by Sandra J. Raredon, Smithsonian Institution), B) Kyphosus azureus, USNM 87547, 306 mm, holotype of Hermosilla robusta (photo by Sandra J. Raredon, Smithsonian Institution), C) Kyphosus cornelii, WAM P. 25853- 009, 196 mm, D) Kyphosus cornelii, WAM P.33451-003, 174 mm, neotype of Kyphosus cornelii.

FIGURE 3. Underwater photographs of three species of Kyphosus, photos by KDC unless specified otherwise: A) Kyphosus azureus, California (photo by Daniel Gotshall), B) Kyphosus bigibbus, Poor Knights Island, New Zealand, December 2009, C) Kyphosus bigibbus, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, July 2011, D) Kyphosus bigibbus, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, July 2011, E) Kyphosus cornelii, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, July 2011, F) Kyphosus cornelii, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, July 2011, G) Kyphosus bigibbus, near Poor Knights Island, New Zealand, December 2009, H) Kyphosus bigibbus, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, May 2011.