WoRMS taxon details

Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833

219628  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219628)

accepted
Species
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. (2024). FishBase. Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219628 on 2024-03-28
Date
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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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]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
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]
LanguageName 
English powder-blue surgeonfish  [details]