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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
ACANTHURIDAE
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
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
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
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 Australia
Bristletooths Australia
Surgeon Fishes Australia
Surgeonfishes Australia
Tangs Australia
Unicornfishes Australia
Name Source
Acanthuridae accepted

Bare scientific name reallocated to ACANTHURIDAE by taxonomy builder
Acanthuridae accepted
ACANTHURIDAE accepted
Acanthuridae synonym

Unranked scientific name reallocated to Acanthuridae by taxonomy builder

Bare scientific name reallocated to ACANTHURIDAE by taxonomy builder
Identifier Source
37437900 Taxon current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/412e2468-dae2-4c90-8416-2736fa3226a6 Taxon Concept current
NZOR-6-26494 Taxon current
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/412e2468-dae2-4c90-8416-2736fa3226a6 Taxon unknown
http://data.nzor.org.nz/names/21fbdefb-27f8-47ac-af08-e50a2b68393e Scientific Name current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:412e2468-dae2-4c90-8416-2736fa3226a6 Taxon LSID unknown
SY_37437000_0 Taxon current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/aab21261-e96d-4d6d-8bdc-81fc4ba1da78 Scientific Name current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/412e2468-dae2-4c90-8416-2736fa3226a6 Taxon current
SY_37437000_0 Taxon Concept current
37437900 Taxon Concept current
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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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