Acanthurus

Taxobox
name = "Acanthurus"
fossil_range = fossilrange|55|0
Eocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
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accessdate = 2007-12-31 ]

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image_width = 270px
image_caption = Powder-blue tang ("Acanthurus leucosternon")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Acanthuridae
genus = "Acanthurus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "About 40, see text"

"Acanthurus" is the type genus of the family Acanthuridae. Approximately half of all members of the family are members of the genus "Acanthurus". They are found in tropical oceans, especially near coral reefs, with most species in the Indo-Pacific, but a few are found in the Atlantic Ocean. As other members of the family, they have a pair of spines, one on either side of the base of the tail, which are dangerously sharp (hence the name "surgeonfish"). Depending on species, they grow to a maximum length of 15-50 cm (6-20 in). Many are very colourful and consequently popular in the marine aquarium trade.

pecies

** Achilles tang, "Acanthurus achilles" Shaw, 1803.
** Whitefin surgeonfish, "Acanthurus albipectoralis" Allen & Ayling, 1987.
** Orange-socket surgeonfish, "Acanthurus auranticavus" Randall, 1956.
** Ocean surgeon, "Acanthurus bahianus" Castelnau, 1855.
** Black-spot surgeonfish, "Acanthurus bariene" Lesson, 1831.
** Ringtail surgeonfish, "Acanthurus blochii" Valenciennes, 1835.
** Doctorfish tang, "Acanthurus chirurgus" (Bloch, 1787).
** Chronixis surgeonfish, "Acanthurus chronixis" Randall, 1960.
** Atlantic Blue tang surgeonfish, "Acanthurus coeruleus" Bloch & Schneider, 1801.
** Eyestripe surgeonfish, "Acanthurus dussumieri" Valenciennes, 1835.
** Fowler's surgeonfish, "Acanthurus fowleri" de Beaufort, 1951.
** Black surgeonfish, "Acanthurus gahhm" (Forsskål, 1775).
** Finelined surgeonfish, "Acanthurus grammoptilus" Richardson, 1843.
** Whitespotted surgeonfish, "Acanthurus guttatus" Forster, 1801.
** Japan surgeonfish, "Acanthurus japonicus" (Schmidt, 1931).
** Palelipped surgeonfish, "Acanthurus leucocheilus" Herre, 1927.
** Whitebar surgeonfish, "Acanthurus leucopareius" (Jenkins, 1903).
** Powderblue surgeonfish, "Acanthurus leucosternon" Bennett, 1833.
** Lined surgeonfish, "Acanthurus lineatus" (Linnaeus, 1758).
** White-freckled surgeonfish, "Acanthurus maculiceps" (Ahl, 1923).
** Elongate surgeonfish, "Acanthurus mata" (Cuvier, 1829).
** Monrovia doctorfish, "Acanthurus monroviae" Steindachner, 1876.
** Whitecheek surgeonfish, "Acanthurus nigricans" (Linnaeus, 1758).
** Epaulette surgeonfish, "Acanthurus nigricauda" Duncker & Mohr, 1929.
** Brown surgeonfish, "Acanthurus nigrofuscus" (Forsskål, 1775).
** Bluelined surgeonfish, "Acanthurus nigroris" Valenciennes, 1835.
** Bluelined surgeon, "Acanthurus nubilus" (Fowler & Bean, 1929).
** Orangespot surgeonfish, "Acanthurus olivaceus" Bloch & Schneider, 1801.
** Black-barred surgeonfish, "Acanthurus polyzona" (Bleeker, 1868).
** Chocolate surgeonfish, "Acanthurus pyroferus" Kittlitz, 1834.
** Gulf surgeonfish, "Acanthurus randalli" Briggs & Caldwell, 1957.
** "Acanthurus reversus" Randall & Earle, 1999.
** Sohal surgeonfish, "Acanthurus sohal" (Forsskål, 1775).
** Doubleband surgeonfish, "Acanthurus tennentii" Günther, 1861.
** Thompson's surgeonfish, "Acanthurus thompsoni" (Fowler, 1923).
** Convict surgeonfish, "Acanthurus triostegus" (Linnaeus, 1758).
** Indian Ocean mimic surgeonfish, "Acanthurus tristis" Randall, 1993.
** Yellowfin surgeonfish, "Acanthurus xanthopterus" Valenciennes, 1835.

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