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Acanthurus

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Acanthurus
Genus recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Acanthurus
Recognized by FAO Fishery Statistics
Acanthurus
Family recognized by Protists in Singapore
Acanthurus
Genus recognized by US Virgin Islands Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Red Sea Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Gulf of California Species List, South China Sea Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, South Africa Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Sudan Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Vietnam Species List, Yemen Species List, Taiwan Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, R union Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Nigeria Species List, Niue, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Samoa Species List, Senegal Species List, Seychelles Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Java Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kenya Species List, Kiribati Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Mali Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritania Species List, Mauritius Species List, Mexico Species List, Mozambique Species List, Mayotte Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Honduras Species List, Fiji Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Eritrea Species List, Ecuador Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, Ghana Species List, Haiti Species List, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Barbados Species List, Benin Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Dominica Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Cuba Species List, Curacao Species List, Colombia Species List, Comoros Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Cocos Islands, Angola Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Australia Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, India Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Brazil Species List, China Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Egypt Species List, Grenada Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia AF, Gabon Species List, Panama Species List, Wikidata, United States Species List, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikimedia Commons
Acanthurus
Recognized by Flickr BHL, iNaturalist, NMNH Fishes in DwC A, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, Fishbase, Furui 2020, and Flickr Group
Acanthurus Forsskål 1775
Genus recognized by GBIF classification and World Register of Marine Species
Acanthurus Forsskål 1775
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records

Alternative Names

Acanthurus albofasciatus Rüppell 1829
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus annularis Valenciennes 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus barav Montrouzier 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus cuvierii Swainson 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus delissianus Guérin-Méneville (1829)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus doreensis Valenciennes 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus elongatus (Lacepède 1802)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus eparai Lesson 1831
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus fasciatus Bliss 1883
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus fowleri de Beaufort
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus fraterculus Valenciennes 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus fuliginosus Lesson 1831
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus gahmoides Guichenot 1863
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus goramensis Bleeker 1858
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus guentheri Weber 1913
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus guttatus von Kittlitz 1834
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801)
Acanthurus harpurus Shaw 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus hirundo Bennett (1828)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus hypselopterus Bleeker 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus incipiens Jenkins 1903
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus javanus Castelnau 1875
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus kaber Montrouzier 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus kipas Bleeker 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus lineolatus Valenciennes 1835
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus lishenus Shen & Lim 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus maristarum Thiollière 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus melanopterus Shen & Lim 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus melanurus Valenciennes 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus melas Valenciennes 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus meleagris Shaw 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus meta Cuvier 1829
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus militaris Shaw 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus nasus Shaw 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus niger Ehrenberg 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Acanthurus niger Rüppell, 1829)
Acanthurus niger Rüppell 1829
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus nigros Günther 1861
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus orbicularis Valenciennes
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus orbicularis Valenciennes ex Quoy & Gaimard 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus rackliffei Schultz 1943
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus rhombeus von Kittlitz 1834
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus ruppelii Swainson 1839
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus scalprum Langsdorf 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus striatus Cuvier 1829
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus triangulus Valenciennes 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus tristis Tickell 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Acanthurus tristis Randall, 1993)
Acanthurus umbratus Shaw 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus viaged Montrouzier 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus virgatus Vaillant & Sauvage 1875
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus vulnertor Ranzani 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus zebra De Vis 1884
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthus nigricans Suckow 1799
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acronurus brevispinis Günther 1861
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acronurus carneus Poey 1860
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acronurus corniger Gronow 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acronurus formosus Castelnau 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acronurus fuscus Gronow 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acronurus lineolatus Klunzinger 1871
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acronurus machaeropterus Fowler 1944
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ctenodon ruppelii (Swainson 1839)
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Harpurus flavus Forster 1801
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Harpurus gnophodes Fowler 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Harpurus monoceros Forster 1844
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Harpurus nigricans Forster 1795
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hepatus fuliginosus (Lesson 1831)
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Hepatus lineolatus (Valenciennes 1835)
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Padovathurus gaudryi (de Zigno 1887)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Padovathurus Tyler, 2005)
Proacanthurus ovalis (Agassiz 1842)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Proacanthurus Blot & Tyler, 1990)
Psetta rhombea Förster 1832
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhombotides xanthosoma Bleeker 1865
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Teuthis arnoldorum Curtiss 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis barffi Curtiss 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis caroli Curtiss 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis guentheri Bamber 1915
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Teuthis liberatae Curtiss 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis lydiae Curtiss 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis mixtus Saville-Kent 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis nepotei Curtiss 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis nigromaculata Döderlein 1883
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis scarpellonis Curtiss 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis sophiae Curtiss 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis spinifrons Whitley 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis theresae Curtiss 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teuthis vitticauda Saville-Kent 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthurus
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF classification, GBIF classification, GBIF classification, GBIF classification, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, NMNH type specimens, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, and TreatmentBank

Common Names

Basque

Arrain kirurgialari preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

хирурзи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

bodlok preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Esperanto

Kirurgofiŝo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Echte Doktorfische preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

בתרן preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

クロハギ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020
クロハギ preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Lithuanian

Jūrų chirurgai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

جراح‌ماهی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swahili

Kangaja preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Thai

ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ด preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Acanthurus

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Euteleostei
Neoteleostei
Acanthopterygii
Acanthuriformes
Acanthuridae
Acanthurus (this page)
Acanthurus achilles Shaw 1803
Acanthurus albimento Carpenter, Williams & Santos 2017
Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen & Ayling 1987
Acanthurus auranticavus Randall 1956
Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau 1855
Acanthurus bariene Lesson 1831
Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes 1835
Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch 1787)
Acanthurus chronixis Randall 1960
Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider 1801
Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes 1835
Acanthurus fowleri de Beaufort 1951
Acanthurus gahhm (Forsskål 1775)
Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson 1843
Acanthurus guttatus Forster 1801
Acanthurus japonicus (Schmidt 1931)
Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre 1927
Acanthurus leucopareius (Jenkins 1903)
Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett 1833
Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Acanthurus maculiceps (Ahl 1923)
Acanthurus mata (Cuvier 1829)
Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner 1876
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus 1758)
Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr 1929
Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål 1775)
Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes 1835
Acanthurus nubilus (Fowler & Bean 1929)
Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch & Schneider 1801
Acanthurus polyzona (Bleeker 1868)
Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz 1834
Acanthurus randalli Briggs & Caldwell 1957
Acanthurus reversus Randall & Earle 1999
Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål 1775)
Acanthurus tennentii Günther 1861
Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler 1923)
Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus 1758)
Acanthurus tristis Randall 1993
Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes 1835
Ctenochaetus
Naso
Paracanthurus
Prionurus
Zebrasoma
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