Acanthurus japonicus

Acanthurus japonicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acanthuroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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
Genus: Acanthurus
Species: Acanthurus japonicus

Name

Acanthurus japonicus (Schmidt, 1931)

• Holotype (unique): ZIN 23351.

Type locality: Kominato, Amami-Oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

Synonyms

• Hepatus aliala japonicus Schmidt, 1931

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Japanischer Doktorfisch
English: Japan surgeonfish

References

• DiBattista, J.D., Whitney, J., Craig, M.T., Hobbs, J.-P.A., Rocha, L.A., Feldheim, K.A., Berumen, M.L. & Bowen, B.W. 2016. Surgeons and suture zones: Hybridization among four surgeonfish species in the Indo-Pacific with variable evolutionary outcomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 101: 203–215. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.036 Reference page. 
• Schmidt, P.J. 1931. Fishes of the Riu-Kiu Islands. Transactions of the Pacific Committee of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR 1: 19-156, Pls. 1-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Acanthurus japonicus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.