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species

Black Doctorfish
Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes » order Perciformes - perch-likes » family Acanthuridae - surgeonfishes and unicornfishes

Scientific synonyms

Acanthurus chirurgicus (Bloch, 1787)
Acanthurus hepatus (non Linnaeus, 1766)
Acanthurus nigricans (non Linnaeus, 1758)
Acanthurus phlebotomus Valenciennes, 1835
Chaetodon chirurgus Bloch, 1787
Hepatus hepatus (non Linnaeus, 1766)
Teuthis hepatus (non Linnaeus, 1766)

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Links and literature

AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/175] [as Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787)]
Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net]
Data retrieved on: 2010/01/17

FishBase [943]
Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]

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