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Kyphosus sectatrix (Bermuda Chub)
Scientific name: Kyphosus sectatrix

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Chordata → Subphylum Vertebrata → Infraphylum Gnathostomata → Parvphylum Osteichthyes → Gigaclass Actinopterygii → Class Actinopteri → Subclass Teleostei → Order Centrarchiformes → Family Kyphosidae → Subfamily Kyphosinae → Genus Kyphosus

Common name: Bermuda Chub
Locations: Caribbean
Group: Marine LifeFishSilvery Fishes

Could also be Gray Chub (Kyphosus biggibus); they're virtually identical.

Some of these may be Topsail Chub; need to take a better look at the anal fin.

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Kyphosus sectatrix (Bermuda Chub)
Kyphosus sectatrix (Bermuda Chub)
Kyphosus sectatrix (Bermuda Chub)
Kyphosus sectatrix (Bermuda Chub)
Kyphosus sectatrix (Bermuda Chub)
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