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Blue Surgeonfish
Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

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

Scientific synonyms

Acanthurus hepatus
Teuthis hepatus
Acanthurus theuthis Lacépède, 1802
Paracanthurus theuthis (Lacépède, 1802)

Other names

= Blue Tang
= Common Surgeon
= Doctorfish
= Flagtail Surgeonfish
= Hepatus Tang
= Indo-pacific Bluetang
= Palette Surgeon
= Palette Surgeonfish
= Wedge-tailed Tang

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IUCN category:
Least Concern

Images

Paracanthurus hepatus - Blue Surgeonfish

Paracanthurus hepatus - Blue Surgeonfish

Author: Ivo Antušek

Paracanthurus hepatus - Blue Surgeonfish

Author: Ivo Antušek

Paracanthurus hepatus - Blue Surgeonfish

Paracanthurus hepatus - Blue Surgeonfish

Paracanthurus hepatus - Blue Surgeonfish

Paracanthurus hepatus - Blue Surgeonfish

Author: Vladimír Spurný

Paracanthurus hepatus - Blue Surgeonfish

Paracanthurus hepatus - Blue Surgeonfish

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Paracanthurus hepatus - Blue Surgeonfish

Author: Pavel Zuber
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Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [6017]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/19394]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
CZ RYBICKY.NET - Akvaristika pro každého [atlasryb/bodlok_pestry]

Pecháček L.: RYBICKY.NET - Akvaristika pro každého [http://rybicky.net/]
EN OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [http://www.ozanimals.com/] [as Paracanthurus hepatus]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [177972]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018
DE Zootier-Lexikon [6774:doktorfische-acanthurus-naso-zebrasoma&Itemid=709]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 26 May 2019
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