Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Perciformes: family
Acanthuridae: genus
Paracanthurus: species
Paracanthurus hepatus

Name

Synonyms: Acanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766); Acanthurus teuthis Shaw, 1803; Acanthurus theuthis Lacepède, 1802; Acanthurus triangulus Valenciennes, 1835; Acronurus carneus Poey, 1860; Acronurus fuscus Gronow, 1854; Paracanthurus theuthis (Lacepède, 1802); Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus, 1766
Homonyms: Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common names: Acaraúna-preta in Portuguese; Acaraúna-preta in Portuguese; Barbeiro in Portuguese; Blue Hippo Tang in English; Blue Surgeon in English; Blue Surgeonfish in English; Blue Tang in English; Chankatayan in language.; Chirurgien Bleu in French; Chirurgien-palette in French; Cirugião-patela in Portuguese; Cirujano real in Spanish; Cirurgião in Portuguese; Debam in Malay; Debam biru in Malay; Dengkis in Malay; Dory in English; Dory Surgeonfish in English; Dory Tang in English; Flag-tail Surgeon-fish in English; Flagtail Surgeonfish in English; Hepatus Tang in English; Hippo Surgeonfish in English; Hippo Tang in English; Indo-Pacific Bluetang in English; Jila in language.; Kuninglik kirurgkala in Estonian; Leter enam in language.; Leter enam kecil in language.; Nan-yohagi in Japanese; Nanyôhagi in Japanese; Pacific Regal Blue Tang in English; Palet-doktervis in Afrikaans; Paletkirurgfisk in language.; Palette Tang in English; Palette surgeonfish in English; Paletten-Doktorfisch in German; Palettkirurgfisk in Swedish; Peix cirurgià blau reial in Catalan–Valencian; Pez Cirujano Regal in Spanish; Pez cirujano azul in Spanish; Plavi Tang in Croatian; Pokolec królewski in Polish; Regal Blue Surgeonfish in English; Regal Blue Tang in English; Regal Tang in English; Royal Blue Tang in English; Wedge-tailed Tang in English; Wedgetail Blue Tang in English; Wedgetailed Blue Tang in English

Bibliographic References

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