WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
AphiaID: 159581
AphiaID: 159581
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Acanthuridae (Family) > Acanthurinae (Subfamily) > Acanthurus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Acanthurus brevis Poey, 1860 Acanthurus broussonnetii Desmarest, 1823 Acanthurus caeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling) Acanthurus coerulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (misspelling) Acanthurus heliodes (Barbour, 1905) (misspelling) Acanthurus violaceus Castelnau, 1855 Acronurus caeruleatus Poey, 1875 Hepatus caeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling) Hepatus pawnee Breder, 1927 Teuthis coeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Teuthis helioides Barbour, 1905 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus biaculeatus Brian, 1914 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus atromaculatus Wilson C.B., 1913 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus kabatae Cressey, 1991 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus longipedis Bassett-Smith, 1898 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Orbitacolax analogus Vervoort, 1969 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Orbitacolax hapalogenyos (Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (39 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 35 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds entirely on algae [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: New York, USA and Bermuda to the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: inhabits coral reefs, inshore grassy or rocky areas; forms small groups [details] Importance: Social- Minor Commercial, fishery, aquarium, bait [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159581 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159581 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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