WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839

AphiaID

204630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204630)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835

Synonymised names

Zabrasoma · unaccepted (misspelling)

Direct children (14)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Zebrasoma desjardinii (Bennett, 1836)
Species Zebrasoma flavescens (Bennett, 1828)
Species Zebrasoma gemmatum (Valenciennes, 1835)
Species Zebrasoma rostratum (Günther, 1875)
Species Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Zebrasoma velifer (Bloch, 1795)
Species Zebrasoma xanthurum (Blyth, 1852)
Species Zebrasoma desjardini (Bennett, 1836) accepted as Zebrasoma desjardinii (Bennett, 1836)
Species Zebrasoma scopes (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
Species Zebrasoma scopoas (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Zebrasoma supraalba Fowler, 1946 accepted as Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1795) accepted as Zebrasoma velifer (Bloch, 1795)
Species Zebrasoma verifellum (Bloch, 1795) accepted as Zebrasoma velifer (Bloch, 1795) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Zebrasoma xanthurus (Blyth, 1852) accepted as Zebrasoma xanthurum (Blyth, 1852) (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204630 on 2025-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-05 10:37:23Z

changed

Renders, Kristel

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]