WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 219649
AphiaID: 219649
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Acanthurus carinatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Aspisurus sohar (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Chaetodon sohal Forsskål, 1775 Chaetodon sohar (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Choetodon sohab (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Ctenodon ruppelii Swainson, 1839 | |||||||||||||
| 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] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Red Sea [details] Somalia [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Feeds on various kinds of algae, mainly @Sargassum@, and fine filamentous green algae <111>. The typical habitat is outer edge of reef flats exposed to surge. A very aggressive territorial species<307> [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219649 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Acanthurus sohal (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=219649 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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