WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835
219639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219639)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details]
Description Occurs in outer lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of over 12 m and feeds primarily on the algal film covering compacted sand.
Description Occurs in outer lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of over 12 m and feeds primarily on the algal film covering compacted sand. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219639 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in outer lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of over 12 m and feeds primarily on the algal film covering compacted sand. [details]
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus blochii)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Acanthurus blochii, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus blochii FIN026010 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus grammoptilus USNM 348345 photograph)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus blochii)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Acanthurus blochii, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus blochii FIN026010 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus grammoptilus USNM 348345 photograph)
