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title: "Heller Ruderbarsch"
description: "Kyphosus cinerascens — Fische. Kyphosus cinerascens, commonly known as the blue sea chub or blue-bronze chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Kyphosidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/highfin-chub
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Heller Ruderbarsch

> Kyphosus cinerascens — Fische. Kyphosus cinerascens, commonly known as the blue sea chub or blue-bronze chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Kyphosidae.

- Scientific name: *Kyphosus cinerascens*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 2139
- Wikidata: [Q2707303](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2707303)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51356](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51356)

## Names

- en: Highfin Chub
- de: Heller Ruderbarsch
- es: Chopa grisácea
- fr: Calicagère grise

## Countries with the most observations

US (498), ID (134), MV (105), EG (87), MX (68), AU (59), TH (59), SC (27), JP (23), MM (23), KE (21), PH (20)

## Summary

Kyphosus cinerascens, commonly known as the blue sea chub or blue-bronze chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Kyphosidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyphosus_cinerascens

## Photo

![Heller Ruderbarsch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/highfin-chub/medium.jpg)

Photo: kbkash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175489400

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/highfin-chub?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).