Bermuda Chub


Size:  1-2.5 ft.
ID:  Gray to silver football shape, thin stripes, black tail

Class:  Actinopterygii  / Ray-finned fishes
Order:  Perciformes  / Perch-like fishes
Family:  Kyphosidae  / Sea chubs
Genus Species: Kyphosus sectatrix / Bermuda Chub

Habitat: school over reefs and walls
Typical food: chiefly herbivorous feeding on bottom and on floating sargassum; eat some invertebrates
Other information: medium- sized schools


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