WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835
AphiaID: 219641
AphiaID: 219641
| 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 dussumiere Valenciennes, 1835 (misspelling) Acanthurus dussumierri Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835 (misspelling) Acanthurus lamarrii Valenciennes, 1835 Acanthurus undulatus Valenciennes, 1835 Hepatus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835) Rhombotides dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835) Rhombotides lamarrii (Valenciennes, 1835) Teuthis dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835) | ||||||||||
| 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: 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] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Djibouti [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus ligatus Lewis A.G., 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Peniculus calamus Nordmann, 1864 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: A schooling species, usually occurring in seaward reefs at depths greater than 9 m. Feeds on surface film of fine green and bluegreen algae, diatoms, and detritus covering sand. It is mainly diurnal. (Ref. 1602). [details] Remark: In Cuvier & Valenciennes. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219641 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835. 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=219641 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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