WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829)
AphiaID: 219651
AphiaID: 219651
| 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 aurolineatus Day, 1876 Acanthurus bleekeri Günther, 1861 Acanthurus weberi Ahl, 1923 Chaetodon mata Cuvier, 1829 Chaetodon meta Cuvier, 1829 (misspelling) Hepatus weberi Ahl, 1923 | ||||||||||
| 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] from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenya [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Peniculus calamus Nordmann, 1864 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 13 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits steep slopes, often in turbid waters, generally in the vicinity of coral reefs or rocky bottoms. May form aggregations. Feeds on zooplankton. Marketed fresh. Its flesh is almost never poisonous (Ref. 4795). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219651 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829). 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=219651 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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