WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801
AphiaID: 219650
AphiaID: 219650
| 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 |
Harpurus guttatus (Forster, 1801) Hepatus guttatus (Forster, 1801) Rhombotides guttatus (Forster, 1801) Teuthis guttatus (Forster, 1801) Zabrasoma guttatus (Forster, 1801) | ||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Mauritius [details] Reunion [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus kalumai Lewis A.G., 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 16 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Occurs in surge zones and browses on filamentous and calcareous algae. Occasionally forms schools. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219650 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801. 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=219650 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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