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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

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  5. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  8. Randall, John E., 2002: null. Surgeonfishes of the World. 123.
  9. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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