WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775)
219640 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219640)
accepted
Species
Acanthurus fuliginosus Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted
Acanthurus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted
Acanthurus matoides Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted
Acanthurus rubropunctatus Rüppell, 1829 · unaccepted
Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
Ctenodon rubropunctatus (Rüppell, 1829) · unaccepted
Hepatus fuliginosus (Lesson, 1831) · unaccepted
Hepatus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835) · unaccepted
Hepatus lucillae Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted
Teuthis lucillae (Fowler, 1938) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 64, xiii [details]
page(s): 64, xiii [details]
Description Found on hard substrates of shallow lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of more than 15 m. Feeds...
Description Found on hard substrates of shallow lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of more than 15 m. Feeds on filamentous algae. A species at the bottom of the 'pecking order' among surgeonfishes, and as a result employs the strategy of feeding in large schools that overwhelm the territorial defenses of other herbivores (Ref. 1602). Can be eaten both raw and cooked (Ref. 7364). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219640 on 2025-06-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acanthurus lineolatus 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]
original description (of Acanthurus matoides 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]
original description (of Acanthurus rubropunctatus Rüppell, 1829) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 64, xiii [details]
original description (of Hepatus lucillae Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). The fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: i-v + 1-349, Pls. 1-12. [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 matoides 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]
original description (of Acanthurus rubropunctatus Rüppell, 1829) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 64, xiii [details]
original description (of Hepatus lucillae Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). The fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: i-v + 1-349, Pls. 1-12. [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]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found on hard substrates of shallow lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of more than 15 m. Feeds on filamentous algae. A species at the bottom of the 'pecking order' among surgeonfishes, and as a result employs the strategy of feeding in large schools that overwhelm the territorial defenses of other herbivores (Ref. 1602). Can be eaten both raw and cooked (Ref. 7364). [details]
To Barcode of Life (144 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hepatus fuliginosus (Lesson, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hepatus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus matoides Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus rubropunctatus Rüppell, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus fuliginosus Lesson, 1831)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus nigrofuscus)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus matoides Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus fuliginosus Lesson, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenodon rubropunctatus (Rüppell, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus fuliginosus (Lesson, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus rubropunctatus Rüppell, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus lucillae Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis lucillae (Fowler, 1938))
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835))
To FishBase images (Acanthurus nigrofuscus, Hawaii, by Malaer, P.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (300 nucleotides; 306 proteins)
To GenBank (300 nucleotides; 306 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nigrofuscus USNM 439387 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nigrofuscus USNM 439449 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hepatus fuliginosus (Lesson, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hepatus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus matoides Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus rubropunctatus Rüppell, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus fuliginosus Lesson, 1831)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus nigrofuscus)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus matoides Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus fuliginosus Lesson, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenodon rubropunctatus (Rüppell, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus fuliginosus (Lesson, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus rubropunctatus Rüppell, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus lucillae Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis lucillae (Fowler, 1938))
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835))
To FishBase images (Acanthurus nigrofuscus, Hawaii, by Malaer, P.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (300 nucleotides; 306 proteins)
To GenBank (300 nucleotides; 306 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nigrofuscus USNM 439387 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nigrofuscus USNM 439449 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
