Species details : Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835

Accepted scientific name:
Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus nigroris  Valenciennes, 1835
Synonyms:
Acanthurus atramentatus (Jordan & Evermann, 1905) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus atramentatus (Jordan & Evermann, 1905)
Acanthurus bipunctatus Günther, 1861 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus bipunctatus Günther, 1861
Acanthurus elongatus (non Lacepède, 1802) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus elongatus (non Lacepède, 1802)
Acanthurus nigros Günther, 1861 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus nigros Günther, 1861
Hepatus atramentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1905 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hepatus atramentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1905
Hepatus elongatus (non Lacepède, 1802) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Hepatus elongatus (non Lacepède, 1802)
Hepatus leucopareius (non Jenkins, 1903) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Hepatus leucopareius (non Jenkins, 1903)
Teuthis atrimentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1903 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Teuthis atrimentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Teuthis striatus (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Teuthis striatus (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Hagupau attilong - Carolinian - Click here to show the literature
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Liga-sche-sche - Carolinian - Click here to show the literature
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Bagis - Cebuano Philippines(Cagayan de Oro) Click here to show the literature
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Langis - Cebuano Philippines(Cagayan de Oro) Click here to show the literature
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Mungit - Cebuano Philippines(Cebu) Click here to show the literature
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Blålinjet kirurgfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Mongit - Davawenyo Philippines(Davao) Click here to show the literature
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Bluelined surgeonfish - English West Nggela Click here to show the literature
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Bluelined surgeonfish - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Bluelined surgeonfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Bluelined surgeonfish - English Niue Click here to show the literature
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Bluelined surgeonfish - English Philippines(Metro Manila) Click here to show the literature
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Bluelined surgeonfish - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Igu pura - Gela West Nggela Click here to show the literature
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Maiko - Hawaiian Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Labahita - Ilokano Philippines(Aparri, Cagayan) Click here to show the literature
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暗刺尾魚 An cih wei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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暗刺尾鱼 An ci wei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Guagnas - Marshallese - Click here to show the literature
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Hugupau - Marshallese - Click here to show the literature
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Meito - Niuean Niue Click here to show the literature
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Ponepone - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature
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Labahita - Tagalog Philippines(Metro Manila; Calauag, Quezon) Click here to show the literature
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Maito - Tahitian Tahiti Click here to show the literature
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Kadlitan - Waray (Philippines) Philippines(Catbalogan, Samar) Click here to show the literature
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Surahan - Waray (Philippines) Philippines(Catbalogan, Samar) Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Acanthuridae FishBase
Genus Acanthurus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Aldabra and Seychelles to the Hawaiian, Marquesas and Tuamoto Islands; throughout Micronesia.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: The species Acanthurus nigros Günther 1861 is considered valid in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Sep. 2011: Ref. 88002) following Randall & Parenti (2011). But could be an unjustified ementation of nigroris. More studies are needed. In Cuvier & Vale
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4738
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:27bc5a3a-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401