Kyphosus sectatrix
Pacific drummer | Beaked Chub | Bermuda Chub | Bermuda Sea Chub | Pacific Chub | Rudderfish | White Chub | Kyphosus pacificus | Kyphosus sectator
Similar Species
Distribution
Mediterranean, Temperate Africa, Temperate Australasia, Temperate South America, Temperate northern Atlantic, Temperate northern Pacific, Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean, Tropical Eastern Pacific, Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Body with darker greenish back fading to pale belly, thin pale stripe below dorsal fin, short dark stripe behind upper lip, occasional individuals with bright yellow rather than grey colouration. Front edge of anal fin shorter than rear edge, making it longer and more pointed than all other drummer species, except K. cinerascens (Snubnose Drummer). Forms large, often mixed schools in surgy shallows around exposed headlands. Previously known as K. pacificus.
Information
Max Size: 76 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 18-30°C
Depth: 1-30m
Habitat Generalization Index: 24.48
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (9.1% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Many (30 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland