WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834
AphiaID: 219648
AphiaID: 219648
| 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 armiger Valenciennes, 1834 Acanthurus celebicus Bleeker, 1853 Acanthurus fuscus Steindachner, 1861 Hepatus celebicus (Bleeker, 1853) Hepatus pyriferus (Kittlitz, 1834) (misspelling) Hepatus pyroferus (Kittlitz, 1834) Rhombotides celebicus (Bleeker, 1853) | ||||||||||
| 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] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Seychelles [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 18 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs; prefers areas of mixed coral, rock, or sand at the base of reefs or ledges. Juveniles mimic @Centropyge@ spp.; in Guam, juveniles mimic @C. flavissimus@ but at Palau where this species is absent, they mimic @C. vrolikii@. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219648 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834. 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=219648 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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