Galapagos Species Database
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Kyphosus ocyurus
Chopa salema, Bluestriped chub
(S. ocyurus) Size: Up to 38 cm, Bluish silver with yellowish dorsal, anal and tail fins. Tail deeply forked. Body more elongate than other membrers of family.
(S. ocyurus) Habitat: Pelagic species, schooling high above reef; individuals are common around oceanic islands and drifting flotsum
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Centrarchiformes
Family
Kyphosidae
Genus
Kyphosus
Species
ocyurus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Chloroscombrus ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882), Pimelepterus ocyurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882, Sectator azureus Jordan & Evermann, 1903, Sectator ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Distribution: (S. ocyurus) Eastern Pacific, from Mexico to Panama and Galapagos. Southern California to Peru and all the offshore islands of the Eastern Pacific. Hawaii, Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands of Polynesia.
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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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Kyphosus ocyurus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19912. Accessed 1 November 2026.