Acanthurus achilles

Acanthurus achilles

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 achilles

Name

Acanthurus achilles Shaw, 1803

• No types known.

Type locality: No locality.

Synonyms

• Acanthurus orbicularis Valenciennes (ex Quoy & Gaimard) in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
• Acanthurus aterrimus Günther, 1872
• Acronurus formosus Castelnau, 1873
• Acanthurus rackliffei Schultz, 1943 -- A hybrid of Acanthurus achilles Shaw and Acanthurus glaucopareius Cuvier -- Randall, 1956

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Achilles-Doktorfisch
English: Achilles tang
日本語: アカツキハギ
lietuvių: Achilinis jūrų chirurgas

References

Primary references

• Shaw, G. 1803. General zoology or systematic natural history. Volume 4 (Pisces) (pt. 1) i–v + 1–186, Pls. 1–25 BHL; (pt 2), i–xi + 187–632, Pls. 26–92 BHL. Kearsley, London. Reference page. 

Additional 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. 
• Randall, J.E. 1956. A revision of the surgeon fish genus Acanthurus. Pacific Science 10(2): 159–235, Pls. 1–3. Reference page. 

Links

• Acanthurus achilles in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Acanthurus achilles in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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