Cortez chub
Kyphosus elegans
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Kyphosidae
- Genus
- Kyphosus
Where to Find
Found in 9 diving areas across 5 countries and 4 regions.
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 6 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 21 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 43 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 43 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 12 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 19 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 55 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 75 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 10 records