WoRMS name details
Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1795)
219684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219684)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthurus velifer Bloch, 1795) Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of at least 30 m. Solitary juveniles found among...
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of at least 30 m. Solitary juveniles found among rocks or coral of shallow protected, sometimes turbid reefs. Feeds on benthic algae. The species is never poisonous (Ref. 4795). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1795). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219684 on 2025-06-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acanthurus velifer Bloch, 1795) Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [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]
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]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of at least 30 m. Solitary juveniles found among rocks or coral of shallow protected, sometimes turbid reefs. Feeds on benthic algae. The species is never poisonous (Ref. 4795). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Pacific Sailfin Tang)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Zebrasoma veliferum, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (139 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zebrasoma veliferum USNM 374978 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zebrasoma veliferum USNM 376767 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Pacific Sailfin Tang)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Zebrasoma veliferum, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (139 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zebrasoma veliferum USNM 374978 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zebrasoma veliferum USNM 376767 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
