Hiện hành có 16 loài được ghi nhận trong chi này:

• Kyphosus analogus (T. N. Gill, 1862) (Blue-bronze sea chub)
• Kyphosus atlanticus K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2014 (Caribbean sea chub) [2]
• Kyphosus azureus (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Zebra-perch sea chub)
• Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801 (Brown chub)
• Kyphosus bosquii (Lacépède, 1802) (Bermuda sea chub) [2]
• Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) (Blue sea chub)
• Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944) (Western buffalo bream)
• Kyphosus elegans (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (Cortez sea chub)
• Kyphosus gladius Knudsen & Clements, 2013 (Gladius sea chub)
• Kyphosus hawaiiensis K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Hawaiian chub)
• Kyphosus incisor (G. Cuvier, 1831) (Yellow sea chub)
• Kyphosus ocyurus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Blue-striped chub)
• Kyphosus pacificus K. Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Pacific chub)
• Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) (Silver drummer)
• Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Cá dầm)