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Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834

219648  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219648)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kittlitz, F. H. (1834). Beschreibung mehrerer neuer oder wenig gekannter Arten des Geschlechtes Acanthurus, im stillen Ocean, beobachtet und nach dem Leben abgebildet. <em>Museum Senckenbergianum: Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte, von Mitgliedern der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main.</em> v. 1: 189-196, Pls. 12-13. [details]   
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs; prefers areas of mixed coral, rock, or sand at the base of reefs or ledges. Juveniles...  
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs; prefers areas of mixed coral, rock, or sand at the base of reefs or ledges. Juveniles mimic @Centropyge@ spp.; in Guam, juveniles mimic @C. flavissimus@ but at Palau where this species is absent, they mimic @C. vrolikii@. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219648 on 2024-04-19
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219648 on 2024-04-19
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description Kittlitz, F. H. (1834). Beschreibung mehrerer neuer oder wenig gekannter Arten des Geschlechtes Acanthurus, im stillen Ocean, beobachtet und nach dem Leben abgebildet. <em>Museum Senckenbergianum: Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte, von Mitgliedern der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main.</em> v. 1: 189-196, Pls. 12-13. [details]   

original description  (of Acanthurus celebicus Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Celebes. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 5): 739-782. [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs; prefers areas of mixed coral, rock, or sand at the base of reefs or ledges. Juveniles mimic @Centropyge@ spp.; in Guam, juveniles mimic @C. flavissimus@ but at Palau where this species is absent, they mimic @C. vrolikii@. [details]
LanguageName 
English chocolate surgeonfish  [details]
Japanese クログチニザ  [details]
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