WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 219640
AphiaID: 219640
| 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 fuliginosus Lesson, 1831 Acanthurus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1835 Acanthurus matoides Valenciennes, 1835 Acanthurus rubropunctatus Rüppell, 1829 Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775 Ctenodon rubropunctatus (Rüppell, 1829) Hepatus fuliginosus (Lesson, 1831) Hepatus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835) Hepatus lucillae Fowler, 1938 Teuthis lucillae (Fowler, 1938) | ||||||||||
| 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] from synonym: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (57 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (219 nucleotides; 218 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found on hard substrates of shallow lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of more than 15 m. Feeds on filamentous algae. A species at the bottom of the 'pecking order' among surgeonfishes, and as a result employs the strategy of feeding in large schools that overwhelm the territorial defenses of other herbivores (Ref. 1602). Can be eaten both raw and cooked (Ref. 7364). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219640 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775). 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=219640 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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