WoRMS taxon details
Zebrasoma gemmatum (Valenciennes, 1835)
219680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219680)
accepted
Species
Acanthurus gemmatus Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthurus gemmatus 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]
Description Considered rare (Ref. 5213). Extremely territorial and solitary (Ref. 5503).
Description Considered rare (Ref. 5213). Extremely territorial and solitary (Ref. 5503). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Zebrasoma gemmatum (Valenciennes, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219680 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acanthurus gemmatus 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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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 Considered rare (Ref. 5213). Extremely territorial and solitary (Ref. 5503). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spotted tang | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus gemmatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zebrasoma gemmatum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus gemmatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Acanthurus gemmatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus gemmatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zebrasoma gemmatum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus gemmatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Acanthurus gemmatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
