Kyphosidae - Drummers
Use the table to access images and fact sheets of the kyphosid fishes on the site.
A juvenile Rock Blackfish in a rockpool,Wollongong
Sascha Schulz
© Sascha Schulz
The family includes the drummers, halfmoons, knifefishes, microcanthids, nibblers and sea chubs.
| Atypichthys latus | New Zealand Mado |
| Atypichthys strigatus | Australian Mado |
| Bathystethus cultratus | Grey Knifefish |
| Girella cyanea | Blue Drummer |
| Girella elevata | Rock Blackfish |
| Girella tricuspidata | Luderick |
| Girella zebra | Zebrafish |
| Kyphosus cornelii | Western Buffalo Bream |
| Kyphosus sydneyanus | Silver Drummer |
| Microcanthus strigatus | Stripey |
| Neatypus obliquus | Footballer Sweep |
| Scorpis aequipinnis | Sea Sweep |
| Scorpis georgiana | Banded Sweep |
| Scorpis lineolata | Silver Sweep |
| Scorpis violaceus | Blue Maomao |
| Tilodon sexfasciatus | Moonlighter |
Mark McGrouther
, Collection Manager, Ichthyology
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