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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758)
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 glaucopareius (Cuvier, 1829) synonym
Published in:Whitley, G.P. 1964, "A survey of Australian Ichthyology", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 89, no. 1, 11-127 p49 (1469, changed combination cited)
Chaetodon nigricans Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Published in:Linnaeus, C. 1758, Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata, vol. Tomus I, 824, Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae p274
Acanthurus glaucopareius Cuvier, 1829 synonym
Published in:Cuvier, G. 1829, Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée, vol. 2,, i-xv + pp. 1-406, Edn 2ed., Déterville, Paris p224
Common Name Source
Velvet Surgeonfish standard Australia
Velvet Surgeonfish preferred Australia
Goldrim Surgeonfish Australia
Velvet Surgeon Australia
White-Cheeked Surgeonfish Australia
Whitecheek Surgeonfish Australia
Whitecheek Surgeonfish Australia
Yellow-Banded Surgeonfish Australia
Yellowrimmed Surgeonfish Australia
Name Source
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted

Preliminary investigations by Marie et al 2007, suggests that Acanthurus nigricans hybridises with Acanthurus leucosternon in the eastern Indian Ocean (Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands).

Bare scientific name reallocated to Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) by taxonomy builder
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/33f1df40-3d1c-4699-80d9-930281d49032 Taxon current
37437012 Taxon current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/33f1df40-3d1c-4699-80d9-930281d49032 Taxon Concept current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:33f1df40-3d1c-4699-80d9-930281d49032 Taxon LSID unknown
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/23d8b474-dc68-4785-9412-47e638e5116e Scientific Name current
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/33f1df40-3d1c-4699-80d9-930281d49032 Taxon unknown
37437012 Taxon Concept current

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
species
Acanthurus nigricans
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