Author: (Sauvage, 1880)
FBname: Pacific chub
Remark: Considered as a junior synonym of <i>Kyphosus elegans</i> (Ref. 95491, 114976).
Comments: A common species, observed in schools on seaward reefs or rocky substrata.  Stomach contents include benthic algae (<i>Sargassum, Ulva, Zonaria, Gelidium, Amansia, Polysiphonia, Herposiphonia, Gelidiella, Griffithsia, and Hypnea</i>.  It is also known to eat the tough alga <i>Turbinaria</i> (Ref. 86689).