Species that contain: Kyphosus and atlanticus [ 1 ] records

atlanticus, Kyphosus Sakai [K.] & Nakabo [T.] 2014:266, Figs. 1-3 [Ichthyological Research v. 61 (no. 3); ref. 33211] Dry Tortugas Island, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA. Holotype: USNM 116963. Paratypes: CAS-SU, FAKU, GCRL, MNHN, MUMS, UF, USNM, ZMB. Plus non-type material. •Valid as Kyphosus atlanticus Sakai & Nakabo 2014 -- (Almeida & Alves 2019:270 [ref. 37509]). •Synonym of Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Knudsen & Clements 2016:262 [ref. 34458]). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus sectatrix (LInnaeus 1758). Kyphosidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic (North Carolina, Bermuda, to Santos, Brazil and the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and Barbados) and eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands, Cameroon and São Tomé and Principe) (if valid). Habitat: marine.