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Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775

1314477  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1314477)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Perciformes (Order)
  7. Acanthuridae (Family)
  8. Acanthurus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Acanthus Bloch, 1795 · unaccepted
Acronurus Gronow in Gray, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Acronurus Günther (ex Gronow), 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ctenodon Bonaparte, 1831, nom. nud. · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Europus Klein, 1775 · unaccepted
Hepatus Gronow, 1763 · unaccepted
Psetta Klein, 1775 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhombotides Klein, 1775 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teuthys Linck, 1790 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Theuthis Cuvier, 1798 · unaccepted
Theutis Bloch, 1794 · unaccepted
Theutys Goüan, 1770 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Acanthurus achilles Shaw, 1803
  2. Species Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen & Ayling, 1987
  3. Species Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956
  4. Species Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855
  5. Species Acanthurus bariene Lesson, 1831
  6. Species Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835
  7. Species Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787)
  8. Species Acanthurus chronixis Randall, 1960
  9. Species Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  10. Species Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835
  11. Species Acanthurus elongatus (Lacepède, 1802)
  12. Species Acanthurus fowleri de Beaufort, 1951
  13. Species Acanthurus fuliginosus Lesson, 1831
  14. Species Acanthurus gahhm (Forsskål, 1775)
  15. Species Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson, 1843
  16. Species Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801
  17. Species Acanthurus hypselopterus Bleeker, 1854
  18. Species Acanthurus japonicus (Schmidt, 1931)
  19. Species Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre, 1927
  20. Species Acanthurus leucopareius (Jenkins, 1903)
  21. Species Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833
  22. Species Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  23. Species Acanthurus maculiceps (Ahl, 1923)
  24. Species Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829)
  25. Species Acanthurus melanurus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
  26. Species Acanthurus melas Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
  27. Species Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876
  28. Species Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758)
  29. Species Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929
  30. Species Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775)
  31. Species Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835
  32. Species Acanthurus nubilus (Fowler & Bean, 1929)
  33. Species Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  34. Species Acanthurus polyzona (Bleeker, 1868)
  35. Species Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834
  36. Species Acanthurus randalli Briggs & Caldwell, 1957
  37. Species Acanthurus reversus Randall & Earle, 1999
  38. Species Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775)
  39. Species Acanthurus tennentii Günther, 1861
  40. Species Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923)
  41. Species Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  42. Species Acanthurus tristis Randall, 1993
  43. Species Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835
  44. Species Acanthurus achillas Shaw, 1803 accepted as Acanthurus achilles Shaw, 1803
  45. Species Acanthurus aliala Lesson, 1831 accepted as Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758)
  46. Species Acanthurus altivelis Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
  47. Species Acanthurus argenteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 accepted as Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
  48. Species Acanthurus armiger Valenciennes, 1834 accepted as Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834
  49. Species Acanthurus aterrimus Günther, 1872 accepted as Acanthurus achilles Shaw, 1803
  50. Species Acanthurus atramentatus (Jordan & Evermann, 1905) accepted as Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835
  51. Species Acanthurus aurolineatus Day, 1876 accepted as Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829)
  52. Species Acanthurus bicommatus Smith, 1955 accepted as Acanthurus tennentii Günther, 1861
  53. Species Acanthurus bipunctatus Günther, 1861 accepted as Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835
  54. Species Acanthurus bleekeri Günther, 1861 accepted as Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829)
  55. Species Acanthurus brevis Poey, 1860 accepted as Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  56. Species Acanthurus broussonnetii Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  57. Species Acanthurus caeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  58. Species Acanthurus carinatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775)
  59. Species Acanthurus celebicus Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834
  60. Species Acanthurus chirurgicus (Bloch, 1787) accepted as Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787)
  61. Species Acanthurus chrysosoma Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  62. Species Acanthurus coerulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  63. Species Acanthurus crestonis (Jordan & Starks, 1895) accepted as Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835
  64. Species Acanthurus ctenodon Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
  65. Species Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833
  66. Species Acanthurus delisianus Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833
  67. Species Acanthurus desjardinii Bennett, 1836 accepted as Zebrasoma desjardinii (Bennett, 1836)
  68. Species Acanthurus dussumiere Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835
  69. Species Acanthurus dussumierri Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835
  70. Species Acanthurus eparei Lesson, 1830 accepted as Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  71. Species Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828 accepted as Zebrasoma flavescens (Bennett, 1828)
  72. Species Acanthurus flavoguttatus Kittlitz, 1834 accepted as Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
  73. Species Acanthurus fuscus Steindachner, 1861 accepted as Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834
  74. Species Acanthurus gahm (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Acanthurus gahhm (Forsskål, 1775)
  75. Species Acanthurus gemmatus Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Zebrasoma gemmatum (Valenciennes, 1835)
  76. Species Acanthurus glaucoparecius Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758)
  77. Species Acanthurus glaucopareius Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758)
  78. Species Acanthurus guttatus Kittlitz, 1834 accepted as Ctenochaetus marginatus (Valenciennes, 1835)
  79. Species Acanthurus heliodes (Barbour, 1905) accepted as Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  80. Species Acanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766) accepted as Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  81. Species Acanthurus hirudo Bennett, 1829 accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  82. Species Acanthurus humeralis Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  83. Species Acanthurus japonica (Schmidt, 1931) accepted as Acanthurus japonicus (Schmidt, 1931)
  84. Species Acanthurus japonicas (Schmidt, 1931) accepted as Acanthurus japonicus (Schmidt, 1931)
  85. Species Acanthurus javanus Castelnau, 1975 accepted as Siganus javus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  86. Species Acanthurus ketlitzii Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
  87. Species Acanthurus kettlitzii Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
  88. Species Acanthurus kingii Bennett, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus bariene Lesson, 1831
  89. Species Acanthurus lamarrii Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835
  90. Species Acanthurus leucosternum Day, 1889 accepted as Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833
  91. Species Acanthurus leuocheilus Herre, 1927 accepted as Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre, 1927
  92. Species Acanthurus leuococheilus Herre, 1927 accepted as Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre, 1927
  93. Species Acanthurus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775)
  94. Species Acanthurus lituratus Forster, 1801 accepted as Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801)
  95. Species Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Ctenochaetus marginatus (Valenciennes, 1835)
  96. Species Acanthurus matoides Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775)
  97. Species Acanthurus melanosternon Smith, 1955 accepted as Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre, 1927
  98. Species Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker & Mohr, 1929 accepted as Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929
  99. Species Acanthurus nigros Günther, 1861 accepted as Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835
  100. Species Acanthurus nummifer Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus bariene Lesson, 1831
  101. Species Acanthurus pentazona Bleeker, 1850 accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  102. Species Acanthurus philippinus Herre, 1927 accepted as Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923)
  103. Species Acanthurus phlebotomus Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787)
  104. Species Acanthurus plagiatus Peters, 1876 accepted as Acanthurus tennentii Günther, 1861
  105. Species Acanthurus rasi Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835
  106. Species Acanthurus reticulatus Shen & Lim, 1973 accepted as Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835
  107. Species Acanthurus rostratus Günther, 1875 accepted as Zebrasoma rostratum (Günther, 1875)
  108. Species Acanthurus rubropunctatus Rüppell, 1829 accepted as Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775)
  109. Species Acanthurus ruppelii Bennett, 1836 accepted as Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
  110. Species Acanthurus scopas Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
  111. Species Acanthurus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 accepted as Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
  112. Species Acanthurus strigosus Bennett, 1828 accepted as Ctenochaetus strigosus (Bennett, 1828)
  113. Species Acanthurus subarmatus Bennett, 1840 accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  114. Species Acanthurus suillus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
  115. Species Acanthurus tennenti Günther, 1861 accepted as Acanthurus tennentii Günther, 1861
  116. Species Acanthurus theuthis Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  117. Species Acanthurus tractus Poey, 1860 accepted as Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855
  118. Species Acanthurus triastegus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  119. Species Acanthurus triostegust (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  120. Species Acanthurus undulatus Valenciennes, 1835 accepted as Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835
  121. Species Acanthurus unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
  122. Species Acanthurus velifer Bloch, 1795 accepted as Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1795)
  123. Species Acanthurus violaceus Castelnau, 1855 accepted as Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  124. Species Acanthurus vittatus Bennett, 1828 accepted as Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  125. Species Acanthurus weberi Ahl, 1923 accepted as Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829)
  126. Species Acanthurus xanthurus Blyth, 1852 accepted as Zebrasoma xanthurum (Blyth, 1852)
  127. Species Acanthurus zebra Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Descr. Anim.
page(s): 59 [details] 
Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Chaetodon). Acanthura is a misspelling. (Eschmeyer).  
Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Chaetodon). Acanthura is a misspelling. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1314477 on 2025-01-13
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 09:43:47Z
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Decock, Wim

original description Descr. Anim.
page(s): 59 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Harpurus Forster, 1788) Enchiridion
page(s): 84 [details] 

original description (of Acronurus Gronow in Gray, 1854) Cat. Fish. Br. Mus.
page(s): 190 [details] 

original description (of Aspisurus Lacepède, 1802) Hist. Nat. Poiss., 4
page(s): 556 [details] 

original description (of Rhombotides Walbaum in Artedi, 1792) in Artedi, Ichth., (3) ed. 2
page(s): 582 [details] 

original description (of Teuthys Linck, 1790) Mag. N. Phys. Naturg., 6 (3)
page(s): 32 [details] 

original description (of Rhomboteuthis Fowler, 1944) Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 6
page(s): 109 [details] 

original description (of Hepatus Gronow, 1763) Zooph., 1
page(s): 113 [details] 

original description (of Theutys Goüan, 1770) Goüan, A. (1770). Historia piscium, sistens ipsorum anatomen externam, internam, atque genera in classes et ordines redacta. Histoire des poissons, contenant la description anatomique de leurs parties externes et internes et le caractère des divers genres rangés par classes et par ordres. Amand König, Argentorati (Strasbourg), xviii + 252 (x2) pp., pl. IIV. [in Latin and French]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29759
page(s): 105 [details] 

original description (of Theutis Bloch, 1794) Nat. ausl. Fische, 8
page(s): 65 [details] 

original description (of Aspidurus Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details] 

original description (of Ctenodon Swainson, 1839) N. H. Fishes etc., 2, 178
page(s): 255 [details] 

original description (of Ctenodon Bonaparte, 1831) Bonaparte, C.L. (1831). Saggio di una distribuzione metodica degli animali vertebrati a sangue freddo. Prospetto del sistema generale di Ittiologia. <em>Giornale Arcadico di Scienze Lettere ed Arti.</em> 52: 129-189., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10035916
page(s): 175 [details] 

original description (of Ctenodon Bonaparte, 1831, nom. nud.) Saggio An. Vert.
page(s): 109 [details] 

original description (of Acanthus Bloch, 1795) Nat. ausl. Fische, 9
page(s): 105 [details] 

original description (of Acauthurus Castelnau, 1872) Proc. Zool. Acclim. Soc. Victoria, 1
page(s): 134 [details] 

original description (of Theuthis Cuvier, 1798) Tabl. élém., 371
page(s): 709 [details] 

original description (of Achanthurus Ranzani, 1842) N. Comm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., 5
page(s): 350 [details] 

original description (of Teuthis Linnaeus, 1766) Syst. Nat., ed. 12
page(s): 507 [details] 

original description (of Harpurina Fowler & Bean, 1929) Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 100 (8)
page(s): 253 [details] 

original description (of Apisurus Latreille, 1804) N. Dict., 24
page(s): 81 [details] 

original description (of Rhombodites Weber, 1913) Weber, M. (1913). Die Fische der Siboga-expedition. E. J. Brill. Leiden. 710 p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81204
page(s): 316 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Chaetodon). Acanthura is a misspelling. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus 1766 [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Rhomboteuthis Fowler, 1944)
To BioNames database (from synonym Harpurina Fowler & Bean, 1929)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Rhomboteuthis Fowler, 1944)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Harpurina Fowler & Bean, 1929)
To WoRMS (from synonym Teuthys Linck, 1790)
To WoRMS (from synonym Psetta Klein, 1775)
To WoRMS (from synonym Theutis Bonnaterre, 1788)
To WoRMS (from synonym Rhombotides Klein, 1775)
To WoRMS (from synonym Acronurus Günther (ex Gronow), 1861)
To WoRMS (from synonym Rhombotides Bleeker, 1863)
To WoRMS (from synonym Hepatus Gronow, 1763)
To WoRMS (from synonym Aspisurus Lacepède, 1802)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Harpurus Forster, 1788)
To WoRMS (from synonym Acronurus Gronow in Gray, 1854)
To WoRMS (from synonym Ctenodon Bonaparte, 1831)
To WoRMS (from synonym Teuthis Linnaeus, 1766)
To WoRMS (from synonym Harpurina Fowler & Bean, 1929)
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