WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 219630
AphiaID: 219630
| 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 hirudo Bennett, 1829 Acanthurus pentazona Bleeker, 1850 Acanthurus subarmatus Bennett, 1840 Acanthurus triastegus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Acanthurus triostegus marquesensis Schultz & Woods, 1948 Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis Streets, 1877 Acanthurus triostegus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) Acanthurus triostegust (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Acanthurus zebra Lacepède, 1802 Chaetodon couaga Lacepède, 1802 Chaetodon triostegus Linnaeus, 1758 Harpurus fasciatus Forster, 1801 Hepatus sandvicensis (Streets, 1877) Hepatus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) Rhombotides pentazona (Bleeker, 1850) Rhombotides triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) Teuthis australis Gray, 1827 Teuthis elegans Garman, 1899 Teuthis sandvicensis (Streets, 1877) Teuthis triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) Teuthis troughtoni Whitley, 1928 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Acanthurus triostegus marquesensis Schultz & Woods, 1948 accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Acanthurus triostegus polyzona (Bleeker, 1868) accepted as Acanthurus polyzona (Bleeker, 1868) Subspecies Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis Streets, 1877 accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Acanthurus triostegus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (77 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (99 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (124 nucleotides; 153 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs with hard substrate to a depth of at least 90 m and feeds on a wide variety of filamentous algae. Occasionally forms schools; feeds in large aggregations, thus overwhelming territorial herbivores. During spawning, clouds of eggs and sperm of this species are preyed upon by eagle rays which are often present during spawning. Size of metamorphosis from postlarva stage to juvenile is 3.2 cm (Ref. 9267). Commonly ciguatoxic in Tuvalu (Ref. 9513). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219630 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=219630 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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