---
title: "Bermuda Chub"
description: "Kyphosus sectatrix — Pesci. Kyphosus sectatrix, the Bermuda chub, Pacific drummer, beaked chub, grey drummer, Pacific chub or white chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/bermuda-chub
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bermuda Chub

> Kyphosus sectatrix — Pesci. Kyphosus sectatrix, the Bermuda chub, Pacific drummer, beaked chub, grey drummer, Pacific chub or white chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae.

- Scientific name: *Kyphosus sectatrix*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2056
- Wikidata: [Q3817707](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3817707)
- iNaturalist taxon: [131523](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/131523)

## Names

- en: Bermuda Chub
- de: Bermuda-Steuerbarsch
- es: Chopa blanca
- fr: Calicagère blanche

## Countries with the most observations

US (378), MX (184), KY (50), BM (47), AU (44), BS (44), ES (43), HN (37), BZ (23), NZ (22), CO (15), CU (13)

## Summary

Kyphosus sectatrix, the Bermuda chub, Pacific drummer, beaked chub, grey drummer, Pacific chub or white chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. This species is found in tropical and subtropical coastal waters worldwide. It has had a confused taxonomic history dating back to Linnaeus's naming of the species in 1758.

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

## Photo

![Bermuda Chub](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bermuda-chub/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78708853

## Machine access

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