Paracanthurus hepatus

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: Paracanthurus
Species: Paracanthurus hepatus

nom

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

Additional references

Links

6017 in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Paracanthurus hepatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Paracanthurus hepatus in the World Register of Marine Species
Paracanthurus hepatus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (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, pacific regal blue tang, royal blue tang
español: Pez cirujano azul, pez cirujano regal
suomi: Palettivälskäri
magyar: Palettás doktorhal
日本語: ナンヨウハギ
lietuvių: Vėliaviniai chirurgai
Nederlands: Paletdoktorsvis
polski: Pokolec królewski
português: Cirurgião-patela
русский: Голубой хирург
svenska: Palettkirurg
ไทย: ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ดฟ้า
粵語: 擬刺尾鯛
中文: 拟刺尾鲷