WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833
219628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219628)
accepted
Species
Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted
Acanthurus delisianus Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted
Acanthurus leucosternum Day, 1889 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Hepatus leucosternon (Bennett, 1833) · unaccepted
Rhombotides leucosternon (Bennett, 1833) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bennett, E. T. (1833). Characters of new species of fishes from Ceylon. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1832 (pt 2): 182-184. [details]
Description Inhabits coral reefs. May occur singly or in large feeding aggregations. Feeds on benthic algae. Marketed fresh. Usually...
Description Inhabits coral reefs. May occur singly or in large feeding aggregations. Feeds on benthic algae. Marketed fresh. Usually inhabits in reef flat and edge (Ref. 6113). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219628 on 2025-08-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Bennett, E. T. (1833). Characters of new species of fishes from Ceylon. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1832 (pt 2): 182-184. [details]
original description (of Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes, 1835) 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]
original description (of Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes, 1835) 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]
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 Inhabits coral reefs. May occur singly or in large feeding aggregations. Feeds on benthic algae. Marketed fresh. Usually inhabits in reef flat and edge (Ref. 6113). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | powder-blue surgeonfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthurus delisianus Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hepatus leucosternon (Bennett, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthurus leucosternum Day, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhombotides leucosternon (Bennett, 1833))
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Powderblue Surgeonfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Powderblue Surgeonfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus leucosternon)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus leucosternon (Bennett, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus delisianus Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus leucosternum Day, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombotides leucosternon (Bennett, 1833))
To FishBase images (Acanthurus leucosternon, Maldives, by Rusconi, G.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (190 nucleotides; 197 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus leucosternon FIN026024 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus leucosternon FIN026025 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthurus delisianus Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hepatus leucosternon (Bennett, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthurus leucosternum Day, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhombotides leucosternon (Bennett, 1833))
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Powderblue Surgeonfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Powderblue Surgeonfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus leucosternon)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus leucosternon (Bennett, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus delisianus Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus leucosternum Day, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombotides leucosternon (Bennett, 1833))
To FishBase images (Acanthurus leucosternon, Maldives, by Rusconi, G.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (190 nucleotides; 197 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus leucosternon FIN026024 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus leucosternon FIN026025 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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