WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Acanthurus strigosus Bennett, 1828) Bennett, E. T. (1828). Observations on the fishes contained in the collection of the Zoological Society. On some fishes from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Zoological Journal, London.</em> v. 4 (no. 13, art. 3): 31-42. [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]
From other sources
Description Usually solitary; inhabits coral-rich areas of deep lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 5213). Is mainly diurnal (Ref. 4887). Pair spawning has been reported. [details]
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English |
spotted surgeonfish |
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