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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834 
AphiaID: 219648

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerciformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthuroidei (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthuridae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthurus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthurus pyroferus (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthurus Forsskål, 1775
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthurus armiger Valenciennes, 1835 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthurus celebicus Bleeker, 1853
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthurus fuscus Steindachner, 1861
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHepatus celebicus (Bleeker, 1853)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHepatus pyriferus (Kittlitz, 1834) (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHepatus pyroferus (Kittlitz, 1834)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorRhombotides celebicus (Bleeker, 1853)
Sources  basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2017). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorchocolate surgeonfish  [details]
Japanese Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorクログチニザ  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (25 nucleotides; 18 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription 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
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2008). Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2017). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219648 on 2017-08-17
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