Acanthuridae

Acanthurus sohal

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acanthuroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Acanthuriformes Subordo: Acanthuroidei

Familia: Acanthuridae
Genera (6): Acanthurus – Ctenochaetus – Naso – Paracanthurus – Prionurus – Zebrasoma

Name

Acanthuridae

References

Links

• Acanthuridae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Genera of Acanthuridae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Doktervisse en ander
• čeština: Bodlokovití
• suomi: Välskärikalat
• magyar: Doktorhalfélék
• íslenska: Læknafiskar
• lietuvių: Chirurgžuvinės
• Nederlands: Doktersvissen
• norsk: Kirurgfisker
• polski: Pokolcowate
• slovenčina: Tŕňovcovité
• svenska: Kirurgfiskar
• தமிழ்: அக்காந்துரைடீ
• ไทย: ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ด
• Türkçe: Berber balığıgiller
• 中文: 刺尾鱼科

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