Species details
Accepted scientific name:
Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Synonyms:
Acanthurus brevis Poey, 1860 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus brevis Poey, 1860
Acanthurus broussonnetii Desmarest, 1823 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus broussonnetii Desmarest, 1823
Acanthurus caeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus caeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Acanthurus coerulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus coerulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Acanthurus heliodes (Barbour, 1905) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus heliodes (Barbour, 1905)
Acanthurus nigricans (non Linnaeus, 1758) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus nigricans (non Linnaeus, 1758)
Acanthurus violaceus Castelnau, 1855 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus violaceus Castelnau, 1855
Acronurus caeruleatus Poey, 1875 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acronurus caeruleatus Poey, 1875
Hepatus caeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hepatus caeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Hepatus pawnee Breder, 1927 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hepatus pawnee Breder, 1927
Teuthis coeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Teuthis coeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Teuthis helioides Barbour, 1905 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Teuthis helioides Barbour, 1905
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Kleinfeshi blou - - Netherlands Antilles Click here to show the literature reference
Siwizye - Creole, French Dominica Click here to show the literature reference
Sous-gé - Creole, French Haiti Click here to show the literature reference
Blå kirurgfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature reference
Blue Tang - English Bahamas Click here to show the literature reference
Blue barber - English Barbados Click here to show the literature reference
Blue doctor - English Jamaica(Discovery Bay) Click here to show the literature reference
Blue doctorfish - English Barbados Click here to show the literature reference
Blue doctorfish - English Trinidad Tob Click here to show the literature reference
Blue tang - English Dominica Click here to show the literature reference
Blue tang - English Jamaica(Discovery Bay) Click here to show the literature reference
Blue tang - English Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature reference
Blue tang - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Blue tang surgeonfish - English - Click here to show the literature reference
Blur tang - English Saint Lucia Click here to show the literature reference
Yellow barber - English Barbados Click here to show the literature reference
Yellow doctorfish - English Barbados Click here to show the literature reference
Chirurgien bayolle - French France Click here to show the literature reference
Chirurgien bleu - French Haiti Click here to show the literature reference
Blauer Doktorfisch - German Germany Click here to show the literature reference
蓝刺尾鱼 Lan ci wei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
藍刺尾魚 Lan cih wei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
黃刺尾魚 Huang cih wei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
黄刺尾鱼 Huang ci wei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
Pokolec turkusowy - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature reference
Acara-úna - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Acaraúna-azul - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Acaraúna-preta - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Barbeiro - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Barbeiro-azul - Portuguese Brazil(Northeastern Brazil: Ceará) Click here to show the literature reference
Peixe-cirurgião - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Peixe-doutor - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
хирург синий - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature reference
Barbero - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature reference
Barbero azul - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature reference
Cirujano - Spanish Colombia(Magdalena (Ref. 56479).) Click here to show the literature reference
Cirujano - Spanish Nicaragua Click here to show the literature reference
Cirujano azul - Spanish Mexico Click here to show the literature reference
Doctor - Spanish Dominican Rp Click here to show the literature reference
Médico - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature reference
Médico - Spanish Dominican Rp Click here to show the literature reference
Navajero - Spanish Colombia(Magdalena (Ref. 56479).) Click here to show the literature reference
Navajón - Spanish Venezuela(Los Roques Island) Click here to show the literature reference
Navajón azul - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature reference
Sangrador azul - Spanish Venezuela Click here to show the literature reference
Classification:
Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Acanthuridae FishBase
Genus Acanthurus FishBase
Distribution: Western Atlantic: New York, USA and Bermuda to the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Ascension Island (Ref. 7345).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Source database: FishBase, Jul 2013   99%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Randall, J., 02-Oct-2012
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=944
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd7e294f-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401

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