WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923)
219646 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219646)
accepted
Species
Acanthurus philippinus Herre, 1927 · unaccepted
Hepatus philippinus (Herre, 1927) · unaccepted
Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923 · unaccepted
Teuthis thompsoni (Fowler, 1923) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923) Fowler, H. W. (1923). New or little-known Hawaiian fishes. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History.</em> 8 (7): 373-392. [details]
Description This occasionally schooling species occurs in steep outer reef slopes and drop-offs at depths of 4 to over 75 m (Ref....
Description This occasionally schooling species occurs in steep outer reef slopes and drop-offs at depths of 4 to over 75 m (Ref. 1602). It feeds on zooplankton, particularly large gelatinous forms, and on fish eggs and crustaceans. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219646 on 2025-09-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acanthurus philippinus Herre, 1927) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1927). Philippine surgeon fishes and moorish idols. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 34 (4): 403-478, Pls. 1-16. [details]
original description (of Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923) Fowler, H. W. (1923). New or little-known Hawaiian fishes. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History.</em> 8 (7): 373-392. [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 Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923) Fowler, H. W. (1923). New or little-known Hawaiian fishes. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History.</em> 8 (7): 373-392. [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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description This occasionally schooling species occurs in steep outer reef slopes and drop-offs at depths of 4 to over 75 m (Ref. 1602). It feeds on zooplankton, particularly large gelatinous forms, and on fish eggs and crustaceans. [details]
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hepatus philippinus (Herre, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus philippinus Herre, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus thompsoni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus philippinus Herre, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus philippinus (Herre, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis thompsoni (Fowler, 1923))
To FishBase images (Acanthurus thompsoni, Maldives, by Greenfield, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus thompsoni FIN026052 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus thompsoni FIN026053 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hepatus philippinus (Herre, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus philippinus Herre, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus thompsoni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus philippinus Herre, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus philippinus (Herre, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis thompsoni (Fowler, 1923))
To FishBase images (Acanthurus thompsoni, Maldives, by Greenfield, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus thompsoni FIN026052 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus thompsoni FIN026053 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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