Galapagos Species Database
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Kyphosus vaigiensis
Chopa rayada, Chopa gris, chopa rayada, Blue-bronze sea chub, Striped sea-chub
(K. analogus) Dusky to yellow-bronze pinstripes run length of body; tail dusky. Can display silvery white spots pattern over entire body. If an imaginary line extended upward along rear edge of the anal fin it would extend into upper tail f Size: Up to 35 cm
(K. analogus) Habitat: Reefs and coastal inshore water
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Centrarchiformes
Family
Kyphosidae
Genus
Kyphosus
Species
vaigiensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cantharus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1830, Khyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825), Kyphosus analogus (Gill, 1862), Kyphosus bleekeri Fowler, 1933, Kyphosus gibsoni Ogilby, 1912, Kyphosus lembus (Cuvier, 1831), Kyphosus vaigensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825), Pimelepterus analogus Gill, 1862, Pimelepterus flavolineatus Poey, 1866, Pimelepterus lembus Cuvier, 1831, Pimelepterus marciac Cuvier, 1831, Pimelepterus ternatensis Bleeker, 1853, Pimelepterus vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825, Pimelepterus waigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825, Segutilum gibsoni (Ogilby, 1912) (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Distribution: (K. analogus) Eastern Pacific, from Oceanside, California to Panama and Ecuador in Galapagos, Southern California to Peru and all the offshore islands of the eastern pacific.
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- Edgar, G.J. Fariña, J.M., Calvopiña, M., Martínez, C. & Banks, S. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas II: Peces y macroinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 68-97.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Kyphosus vaigiensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19911. Accessed 1 November 2026.