Marine
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Acanthurus armiger Valenciennes, 1835 |
| synonym | Acanthurus celebicus Bleeker, 1853 |
| synonym | Acanthurus fuscus Steindachner, 1861 |
| synonym | Acanthurus leucocheilos (non Herre, 1927) |
| synonym | Acanthurus leucosternon (non Bennett, 1832) |
| synonym | Acanthurus tristis (non Randall, 1993) |
| synonym | Hepatus celebicus (Bleeker, 1853) |
| synonym | Hepatus leucosternon (non Bennett, 1832) |
| synonym | Hepatus pyriferus (Kittlitz, 1834) |
| synonym | Hepatus pyroferus (Kittlitz, 1834) |
| synonym | Rhombotides celebicus (Bleeker, 1853) |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Brief
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diagnostic Keys
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27 - 30; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 24 - 28
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Purplish black in color; an orange diffused patch at edge of gill opening, just above pectoral fin base; a broad black band from upper end of gill opening to margin of gill cover down to isthmus; caudal spine socket with a narrow black margin. Blackish lips; a trace of orange behind eye; a white line under chin extending slightly above rictus. Gill rakers on anterior row 23-26; on posterior row 25-27. Juveniles can exhibit 3 different color patterns mimicking Centropyge species. Caudal fin rounded in juveniles.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Size
Max Length
29 TL (unsexed)
Size
25.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat reef-associated; marine; depth range 4 - 60 m , usually 5 - 40 m
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Remark
Found in coastal waters
Occurrence
native
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Seychelles to the Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Replaced by Acanthurus trisits from the Maldives and Chagos Islands to Bali .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4742, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Information Listing
References
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Randall, J.E. 1956 A revision of the surgeonfish genus Acanthurus. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Randall, J.E. 1956 A revision of the surgeonfish genus Acanthurus. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235.
Natural History > Size
- Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p.
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. Baensch, H.A. and H. Debelius 1997 Meerwasser atlas. Mergus Verlag GmbH, Postfach 86, 49302, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. 3rd edition.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Perciformes |
| Family | Acanthuridae |
| Genus | Acanthurus |
| Species | Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz 1834 |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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