Paracanthurus hepatus

Paracanthurus hepatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acanthuroidei
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Acanthuroidei

Familia: Acanthuridae
Genus: Paracanthurus
Species: Paracanthurus hepatus

Name

• Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766: 507)
  • Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.101 (1, skin), LS 84 (left half-skin)
  • Type locality: "Mare indico" [erroneous, is Ambon Island, Moluccas/Maluku, Indonesia; source: CoF]

Synonymy

• Teuthis hepatus [original combination]
• Acanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Acanthurus theuthis Lacepède, 1802
• Paracanthurus theuthis (Lacepède, 1802)
• Acanthurus teuthis Shaw, 1803
• Acronurus fuscus Gronow in Gray, 1854
• Acronurus carneus Poey, 1860

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1766: Systema Naturae, Ed. XII. Systema naturæ sive regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ [Stockholm]. 12th ed., 1 (1): 1-532.
• Bleeker, P. 1863: Deuxième notice sur la faune ichthyologique de l'île de Flores. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 1: 248-252. BHL

Links

• 6017 in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & D. Pauly (eds) (2012). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, version 02/2012.
• Paracanthurus hepatus in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed) (2012). Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Paracanthurus hepatus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Paracanthurus hepatus Report on ITIS

Vernacular Names

Afrikaans: Palet-doktervis
Boarisch: Paletten-Dóktarfiesch
Català: Peix cirurgià blau indopacífic
Deutsch: Paletten-Doktorfisch
ދިވެހިބަސް: ދޮންނޫ ކާޅު
English: Palette surgeonfish, palette tang, hippo tang, regal tang, common surgeon, doctor fish
Lietuvių: Vėliaviniai chirurgai
Magyar: Palletás doktorhal
Nederlands: Paletdoktorsvis
日本語: ナンヨウハギ
Polski: Pokolec królewski
Português: Cirurgião-patela
Русский: Голубой хирург
Suomi: Palettivälskäri
Svenska: Palettkirurg
ไทย: ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ดฟ้า
粵語: 擬刺尾鯛
中文: 拟刺尾鲷

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