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Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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order
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Perciformes
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family
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Acanthuridae
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genus
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Paracanthurus
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species
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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
- Barbeiro in Portuguese
- Blue surgeonfish in English
- Blue surgeonfish in English
- Blue surgeonfish in English
- Blue surgeonfish in English
- Blue tang in English
- Blue tang in English
- Chankatayan in Malayalam
- Chirurgien bleu in French
- Cirurgião in Portuguese
- Debam in Malay
- Debam biru in Malay
- Debam ekor kuning in Malay
- Dengkis in Malay
- Dory in English
- Ffiyán in language.
- Flagtail surgeonfish in English
- Hepatus tang in English
- Hugupau asut in language.
- Indo-pacific bluetang in English
- Jila in Fijian
- Kimakimaga in language.
- Leter enam in Malay
- Leter enam kecil in Malay
- Maasiyes in language.
- Maks-kirurgkala in Estonian
- Mases in language.
- Masiyes in language.
- Merikirurg in Estonian
- Montador in language.
- Nanyôhagi in Japanese
- Palet-doktervis in Afrikaans
- Paletkirurgfisk in Danish
- Palette surgeon in English
- Palette surgeon in English
- Palette surgeonfish in English
- Palette surgeonfish in English
- Palette surgeonfish in English
- Palette surgeonfish in English
- Palette surgeonfish in English
- Palette surgeonfish in English
- Palette surgeonfish in English
- Palettkirurgfisk in Swedish
- Regal blue surgeonfish in English
- Simusimu in language.
- Surgeonfish in English
- Voularg in Maldivian
- Wedge-tailed tang in English
- Wedgetail blue tang in English
Bibliographic References
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Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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Randall, John E., 2002: null. Surgeonfishes of the World. 123.
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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.