Datasets

datasets have provided data to the Atlas of Living Australia for this family.

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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
ACANTHURIDAE
  • AFD
Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices
Synonym Source
Teuthis spinifrons Whitley, 1953 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Whitley, G.P. 1953, "Studies in Ichthyology No. 16", Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 23, no. 3, 133-138 figs 1-4 p137, figs 3-4
Naseus strigatus De Vis, 1884 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:De Vis, C.W. 1884, "New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 3", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, ser. 1, vol. 9, no. 3, 537-547 p539
Acronurus formosus Castelnau, 1873 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Castelnau, F.L. de 1873, "Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 6. Notes on fishes from Knob Island", Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, vol. 2, 98-109 p104
Common Name Source
Surgeonfish standard
  • CAAB

Standard name from AS5300.

Bristletooths Australia Australia
  • AFD
Surgeon Fishes Australia Australia
  • AFD
Surgeonfishes Australia Australia
  • AFD
Tangs Australia Australia
  • AFD
Unicornfishes Australia Australia
  • AFD
Name Source
ACANTHURIDAE accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/412e2468-dae2-4c90-8416-2736fa3226a6 Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:412e2468-dae2-4c90-8416-2736fa3226a6 Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/412e2468-dae2-4c90-8416-2736fa3226a6 Taxon current
  • AFD
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/412e2468-dae2-4c90-8416-2736fa3226a6 Taxon unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/aab21261-e96d-4d6d-8bdc-81fc4ba1da78 Scientific Name current
  • AFD
37437000 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
informal
Pisces
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
unranked
Euteleostei
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
ACANTHUROIDEI
family
ACANTHURIDAE
genus
Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 
genus
Ctenochaetus Gill, 1884 
genus
Naso Lacépède, 1801 
genus
Paracanthurus Bleeker, 1863 
genus
Prionurus Lacépède, 1804 
genus
Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839 

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