Life Pisces Actinopterygii Perciformes Acanthuridae Acanthurinae

• Acanthurus achilles Shaw, 1803

  • Acanthurus orbicularis Valenciennes (ex Quoy & Gaimard), 1835; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus aterrimus Gìnther, 1872; (synonym)
  • Acronurus formosus Castelnau, 1873; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus achilles; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen & Ayling, 1987

  • Acanthurus albipectoralis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus albofasciatus

  • Acanthurus albofasciatus Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)
• Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956

  • Acanthurus auranticavus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855

  • Acanthurus tractus Poey, 1860; (synonym)
  • Acronurus nigriculus Poey, 1875; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus bahianus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Acanthurus tractus; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus bariene Lesson, 1831

  • Acanthurus kingii Bennett, 1835; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus nummifer Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus bariene; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus bleekeri Gìnther, 1861

  • Acanthurus aurolineatus Day, 1876; (synonym)
  • Harpurus gnophodes Fowler, 1904; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus guentheri Weber, 1913; (2 homonym)
  • Acanthurus guentheri Weber, 1913; (synonym)
  • Hepatus weberi Ahl, 1923; (replacement)
  • Hepatus weberi Ahl, 1923; (synonym)
• ?Acanthurus carneus Poey, 1860
• Acanthurus chirurgus Randall, 1956

  • Chaetodon chirurgus Bloch, 1787; (valid as)
  • Harpurus flavus Forster, 1801; (unavailable, manuscript name)
  • Acanthurus phlebotomus Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus chirurgus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus chronixis Randall, 1960

  • Acanthurus chronixis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

  • Acanthurus broussonnetii Desmarest, 1823; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus violaceus Castelnau, 1855; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus brevis Poey, 1860; (synonym)
  • Acronurus caeruleatus Poey, 1875; (synonym)
  • Teuthis helioides Barbour, 1905; (synonym)
  • Hepatus pawnee Breder, 1927; (synonym)
  • Rhomboteuthis coerulea Fowler, 1944; (valid as)
  • Acanthurus coeruleus Cervigãn, 1994; (misspelling)

  • Acanthurus coeruleus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Acanthurus delissianus Gu©rin-M©neville, 1829-38
• Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835

  • Acanthurus lamarrii Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus undulatus Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus dussumieri; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Acanthurus elongatus Lacep¨de, 1953
• ?Acanthurus fasciatus Bliss, 1883
• ?Acanthurus flavoguttatus Kittlitz, 1834
• Acanthurus fowleri de Beaufort (ex Fowler & Bean), 1951

  • Acanthurus fowleri; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Acanthurus fraterculus Valenciennes, 1835
• Acanthurus fuliginosus

  • Acanthurus fuliginosus Lesson, 1831; (valid, uncertain)
• ?Acanthurus goramensis Bleeker, 1858
• Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson, 1843

  • Acanthurus grammoptilus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Acanthurus harpurus Shaw, 1803
• ?Acanthurus hypselopterus Bleeker, 1854
• ?Acanthurus ketlitzii Valenciennes, 1835
• ?Acanthurus kipas Bleeker, 1854
• Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre, 1927

  • Acanthurus leucocheilus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus leucopareius Randall, 1956

  • Teuthis bishopi Bryan & Herre, 1903; (synonym)
  • Teuthis leucopareius Jenkins, 1903; (valid as)
  • Teuthis umbra Jenkins, 1903; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus leucopareius; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833

  • Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus leucosternum Day, 1889; (unjustified emendation)

  • Acanthurus leucosternon; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Acanthurus nigricans × leucosternon; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus lineatus Randall, 1956

  • Chaetodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
  • Acanthurus vittatus Bennett, 1828; (synonym)
  • Ctenodon lineatus Swainson, 1839; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus barav Montrouzier, 1857; (unavailable, in synonymy)
  • Teuthis sophiae Curtiss, 1938; (synonym)
  • Teuthis theresae Curtiss, 1938; (synonym)
  • Teuthis lineatus Randall, 1956; (valid as)

  • Acanthurus lineatus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Acanthurus lishenus Shen & Lim, 1973
• Acanthurus maculiceps Randall, 1956

  • Hepatus maculiceps Ahl, 1923; (valid as)

  • Acanthurus maculiceps; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Acanthurus maristarum Thiolli¨re, 1857
• Acanthurus mata Cuvier, 1829

  • Acanthurus meta Randall, 1986; (misspelling)

  • Acanthurus mata; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Acanthurus melanopterus Shen & Lim, 1973
• ?Acanthurus melanosternon Smith, 1955
• Acanthurus melanurus

  • Acanthurus melanurus Valenciennes, 1835; (valid, uncertain)
• Acanthurus melas

  • Acanthurus melas Valenciennes, 1835; (valid, uncertain)
• ?Acanthurus meleagris Shaw, 1803
• ?Acanthurus meta Cuvier, 1829
• ?Acanthurus militaris Shaw, 1803
• Acanthurus mindorensis Herre, 1927

  • Acanthurus mindorensis; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876

  • Acanthurus monroviae; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus nigricans Dor, 1984

  • Chaetodon nigricans Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
  • Chaetodon nigrofuscus var. gahhm Forssk¥l, 1775; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus glaucopareius Cuvier, 1829; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus ali-ala Lesson, 1831; (misspelling)
  • Acanthurus aliala Lesson, 1831; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus kaber Montrouzier, 1857; (unavailable, in synonymy)
  • Acanthurus gahmoides Guichenot, 1863; (synonym)
  • Hepatus aliala japonicus Schmidt, 1931; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus gahhm Randall, 1956; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus japonicus Lieske & Myers, 1994; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus achilles × nigricans; [iNaturalist]
  • Acanthurus gahhm; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Acanthurus japonicus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Acanthurus nigricans; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus nigricauda

  • Acanthurus gahm var. nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929; (valid as)
  • Acanthurus nigricauda Randall, 1986; (valid as)

  • Acanthurus nigricauda; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus nigrofuscus Randall, 1956

  • Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forssk¥l, 1775; (valid as)
  • Acanthurus niger Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, in synonymy)
  • Acanthurus niger Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)
  • Acanthurus rubropunctatus Rìppell, 1829; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus matoides Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus niger Ehrenberg, 1835; (unavailable, in passing)
  • Acronurus lineolatus Klunzinger, 1871; (synonym)
  • Hepatus lucillae Fowler, 1938; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus nigrofuscus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835

  • Acanthurus bipunctatus Gìnther, 1861; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus nigros Gìnther, 1861; (unjustified emendation)
  • Teuthis atrimentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1903; (synonym)
  • Hepatus atramentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1905; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus nigroris; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Acanthurus nigros; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus nubilus Randall, 1956

  • Harpurina nubila Fowler & Bean, 1929; (valid as)
  • Hepatus nubilus Fowler & Bean, 1929; (valid as)

  • Acanthurus nubilus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch & Schneider (ex Forster), 1801

  • Acanthurus olivacei Bloch & Schneider (ex Forster), 1801; (misspelling)
  • Acanthurus eparai Lesson, 1831; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus humeralis Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)
  • Ctenodon erythromelas Swainson, 1839; (synonym)
  • Ctenodon erythromelas Swainson, 1839; (unneeded replacement)
  • Harpurus paroticus Forster, 1844; (unavailable, in synonymy)
  • Acanthurus chrysosoma Bleeker, 1857; (synonym)
  • Rhombotides xanthosoma Bleeker, 1865; (unavailable)
  • Rhombotides xanthosoma Bleeker, 1865; (unavailable, in synonymy)

  • Acanthurus olivaceus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus polyzona Randall, 1956

  • Rhombotides polyzona Bleeker, 1868; (valid as)

  • Acanthurus polyzona; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834

  • Acanthurus armiger Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus doreensis Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus doreensis Valenciennes, 1835; (valid, uncertain)
  • Acanthurus celebicus Bleeker, 1852; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus fuscus Steindachner, 1861; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus tristis Tickell, 1888
  • Acanthurus tristis Randall, 1993; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus pyroferus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Acanthurus tristis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Acanthurus rackliffei Schultz, 1943
• Acanthurus randalli Briggs & Caldwell, 1957

  • Acanthurus randalli; [CoL]
• ?Acanthurus reticulatus Shen & Lim, 1973
• ?Acanthurus rhombeus Kittlitz, 1834
• Acanthurus sohal Forssk¥l, 1775

  • Chaetodon sohal Forssk¥l, 1775; (valid as)
  • Harpurus sohal Forster, 1788; (valid as)
  • Acanthurus carinatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (synonym, objective)
  • Acanthurus carinatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (unneeded replacement)
  • Ctenodon ruppelii Swainson, 1839; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus sohal Randall, 1956

  • Acanthurus sohal; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus tennentii Randall, 1956

  • Acanthurus tennentii Gìnther, 1861; (valid as)
  • Acanthurus plagiatus Peters, 1876; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus bicommatus Smith, 1955; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus tennenti Randall, 1986; (misspelling)

  • Acanthurus olivaceus × tennentii; [iNaturalist]
  • Acanthurus tennentii; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus thompsoni Randall, 1956

  • Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923; (valid as)
  • Acanthurus philippinus Herre, 1927; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus thompsoni; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus triostegus Randall, 1956

  • Chaetodon triostegus Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
  • Harpurus fasciatus Forster, 1801; (unavailable, in synonymy)
  • Acanthurus zebra Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Chaetodon couaga Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Teuthis australis Gray, 1827; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus hirundo Bennett, 1829; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus subarmatus Bennett, 1840; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus pentazona Bleeker, 1850; (synonym)
  • Axinurus vedar Montrouzier, 1857; (unavailable, in synonymy)
  • Rhombotides triostegus Bleeker (ex Klein), 1863; (valid as)
  • Acanthurus triostegus var. sandvicensis Streets, 1877; (synonym)
  • Teuthis elegans Garman, 1899; (synonym)
  • Teuthis troughtoni Whitley, 1928; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus triostegus marquesensis Schultz & Woods, 1948; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus sandvicensis; [iNaturalist]
  • Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis; [iNaturalist]
  • Acanthurus triostegus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Acanthurus umbratus Shaw, 1803
• Acanthurus viaged

  • Acanthurus viaged Montrouzier, 1857; (unavailable, in synonymy)
• ?Acanthurus vulnertor Ranzani, 1842
• Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835

  • Acanthurus annularis Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)
  • Acanthurus rasi Valenciennes, 1835; (synonym)
  • Teuthis crestonis Jordan & Starks, 1895; (synonym)
  • Teuthis guentheri Jenkins, 1903; (synonym)
  • Hepatus aquilinus Jordan & Seale, 1906; (synonym)

  • Acanthurus blochii; [CoL]
  • Acanthurus xanthopterus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Acanthurus zebra

  • Acanthurus zebra De Vis, 1884; (1 HOMONYM)

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Additional information sources:

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  The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail: Igor Sheremetyev; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.