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    Species Accepted

    Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

    Atlantic Blue Tang
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Acanthurus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      MaltaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      53 results
      Acara-úna Portuguese
      Acaraúna-azul Portuguese
      Acaraúna-preta Portuguese
      Atlantic Blue Tang English
      Barbeiro Portuguese
      Barbeiro-azul Portuguese
      Barbero Spanish
      Blauer Doktorfisch German
      Blue Barber English
      Blue Doctor English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      9 results
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10066648/common/55187
      Nelson, J. S., Crossman, E. J., Espinosa-Pérez, H., Findley, L. T., Gilbert, C. R., Lea, R. N., & Williams, J. D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom, pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=168273
      Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l’expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand)., v. 2: i–xii + 1–112, Pls. 1–50. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120 10.5962/bhl.title.110120
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      Desmarest, A. G. (1823). Première Décade Ichthyologique, ou, Description complète de dix espèces de poissons nouvelles, ou imparfaitement connues, habitant la mer qui baigne les côtes de l’ile de Cuba. Mémoires de La Société Linnéenne de Paris, v. 2: 163–210. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=441861
      https://eol.org/pages/46577048
      North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
      Bloch, M. E., & Schneider, J. G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum, Pp i–lx + 1–584, Pls. 1–110. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.5750 10.5962/bhl.title.5750
      Barbour, T. (1905). Notes on Bermudian fishes. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 46. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=395225

      Citation

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