Kyphosus sectator (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms:
Perca sectatrix Linnaeus, 1766, Systema Naturae . . ., ed. XII: 486 (Bahamas, Florida and Carolina). Type: fig. on pl. 8 of Catesby, 1743.
Perca saltatrix Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae . . ., ed. X: 293. Type: middle fig. on pl. 8 of Catesby, 1743, under the name Perca marina sectatrix.l
Pimelepterus bosquii Lacepède, 1802: 429, pl. IX (fig. l) (South Carolina).
Pimelepterus boscii: Cuvier, in Cuv. Val., 1831, 7: 258, pl. 187 (Carolina) | DeKay, 1842: 100, pl. XX (fig. 56) | Storer, 1845: 341 | Günther, 1859: 497 | Gill, 1862c: 31 | Peters, 1876: 246 | Bean, 1880: 94 | Goode and Bean, 1882: 238.
Pimelepterus oblongior Cuvier, in Cuv. Val., 1831, Hist. nat. Poiss., 7: 264. Type: lost.
Pimelepterus incisor (nec Cuvier): Valenciennes, 1837: 47, pl. 19 (under the name of Pimelepterus boscii).
Pimelepterus bosci: Jordan and Gilbert, 1878: 378; 1882: 561.
Cyphosus bosqui: Jordan, 1884: 128 (Key West, Florida).
Pimelepterus Boscii var. sicula: Doderlein, 1884, 3: 83 (Sicily); 1891, 5: 234 | Vinciguerra, 1 892: 3 12.
Kyphosus sectatrix: Jenkins, 1887: 90 | Jordan and Fesler, 1889-1891: 535 | Henshall, 1894: 218 | Jordan and Evermann, 1898: 1387 | Evermann and Marsh, 1902: 211 | Kendall, 1908: 104 | Fowler, 1915 (1916): 250; 1929: 645 | Tortonese, 1935: 35 | Fowler, 1936: 858 | Hildebrand, 1941: 134 | Briggs, 1958: 282.
Pimelepterus Bosci: Ariola, 1904, 3: 165.
Cyphosus boscii: Murray and Hjort, 1912: 614 | Metzelaar, 1919: 45 (Curaçao).
?Kyphosus palpebrosus Miranda Ribeiro, 1919, Arch. Mus. Rio de Janeiro, 22: 176 (Trinidade I.).
Kyphosus incisor (nec Cuvier): Parr, 1927, (3): 66 | Fowler, 1944: 87.
Kyphosus sectator: Tortonese, 1954,10: 3, fig. 3.
Cyphosus sectatrix: Albuquerque, 1956: 747.
Common names:
bermuda sea chub [UK and USA]
calicagere blanche [France and Belgium]
chopa amarilla [Spain]
chopa blanca [Spain]
yellow chub [UK and USA]