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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 437015 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Acanthurus nigros   Günther, 1861
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: J.E. Randall Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: J.E. Randall Family: 37 437 Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Greyhead Surgeonfish Common Names List: bluelined surgeonfish Organism Type: a surgeonfish Synonyms: Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835 [in most references prior to 2011] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Parent Codes: 37 437901     Acanthurus spp. Previous Codes (if any): 437015

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 20 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Randall et al (2011) resurrected A. nigros from the synonymy of A. nigroris, noting the distribution of the former as the Western and central Pacific, with A. nigroris being restricted to the Hawaiian Islands.

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2cdece03-617e-4ae1-ad08-2377fb46ffab Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 1028 View at FoA ITIS 172267 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:301897 Name status: unaccepted    Checked on: 2022-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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