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Acanthurus  Forsskål, 1775
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172251

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): common surgeonfishes [English]
  
    doctorfishes [English]
  
    lancetfishes [English]
  
    surgeonfishes [English]
  
    tangs [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2003    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          SuperclassOsteichthyes  -- bony fishes, osteíceto, peixe ósseo, poissons osseux  
             ClassActinopterygii  -- poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées, ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes  
                SubclassNeopterygii  -- neopterygians  
                   InfraclassTeleostei   
                      SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                         OrderPerciformes  -- perch-like fishes  
                            SuborderAcanthuroidei  -- surgeonfishes  
                               FamilyAcanthuridae  -- cirujanos, poissons-chirurgiens, surgeonfishes, tangs  
                                  GenusAcanthurus Forsskål, 1775 -- common surgeonfishes, doctorfishes, lancetfishes, surgeonfishes, tangs  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Acanthurus achilles Shaw, 1803 -- Achilles tang, cirujano encendido, redspot surgeonfish, redspot tang, redtail surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen and Ayling, 1987  
                                     Species Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956  
                                     Species Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 -- barbero, cirujano pardo, ocean surgeon 
                                     Species Acanthurus bariene Lesson, 1831 -- pencilled surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835 -- ringtail surgeonfish, whitetail surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787) -- barbero rayado, cirujano rayado, doctorfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus chronixis Randall, 1960  
                                     Species Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- barbero azul, blue tang, cirujano azul 
                                     Species Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835  
                                     Species Acanthurus elongatus Lacepède, 1802 -- elongate surgeon 
                                     Species Acanthurus fowleri de Beaufort in Weber and de Beaufort, 1951 -- Fowler's surgeon 
                                     Species Acanthurus fuliginosus Lesson, 1831 -- ringtailed surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus gahhm (Forsskål, 1775) -- dusky surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson, 1843  
                                     Species Acanthurus guttatus Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801  
                                     Species Acanthurus japonicus (Schmidt, 1931)  
                                     Species Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre, 1927  
                                     Species Acanthurus leucopareius (Jenkins, 1903) -- whitethroated surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833  
                                     Species Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- lined surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus maculiceps (Ahl, 1923)  
                                     Species Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829) -- tailring surgeon 
                                     Species Acanthurus mindorensis Herre, 1927  
                                     Species Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876 -- surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) -- cirujano cariblanco, goldrim surgeonfish, whitecheek surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker and Mohr, 1929  
                                     Species Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775)  
                                     Species Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835  
                                     Species Acanthurus nubilus (Fowler and Bean, 1929)  
                                     Species Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- orangespot tang 
                                     Species Acanthurus polyzona (Bleeker, 1868)  
                                     Species Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834 -- yellowspot surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus randalli Briggs and Caldwell, 1957 -- Gulf surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus reversus Randall and Earle, 1999  
                                     Species Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775)  
                                     Species Acanthurus tennentii Günther, 1861  
                                     Species Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923)  
                                     Species Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- cirujano reo, convict surgeonfish, convict tang, convictfish 
                                     Species Acanthurus tristis Randall, 1993  
                                     Species Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835 -- cirujano aleta amarilla, yellowfin surgeonfish 
                                     Species Acronurus aegyptius Gronow in Gray, 1854  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Acanthurus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acanthurus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
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  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Acanthurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acanthurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acanthurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acanthurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acanthurus, lancetfishes   
       

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