WoRMS taxon details

Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855

159578  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159578)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50. [details]   
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda southward to the Gulf of Mexico (except in the northeast) and Brazil  
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda southward to the Gulf of Mexico (except in the northeast) and Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159578 on 2023-03-29
Date
action
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2005-05-30 09:27:08Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50. [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]   

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet Feeds on algae [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda southward to the Gulf of Mexico (except in the northeast) and Brazil [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Inhabits shallow bottoms with coral or rocky formations. [details]

Importance Social- Minor Commercial, fishery, aquarium, bait [details]
LanguageName 
English ocean surgeon  [details]
Spanish cirujano pardo  [details]
To FishBase images (<i>Acanthurus bahianus</i>, St Helena, by Wirtz, P.)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus bahianus USNM 413537 photograph lateral view)
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