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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyAcanthuridae
  5. ›genusPrionurus
Prionurus maculatus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Yellowspotted Sawtail

Prionurus maculatus Ogilby, 1887

Also calledCirurgião-serra-de-Norfolk (por) · Gefleckter Doktorfisch (deu) · Peix cirurgià serra (cat) · Pez Cirujano de Cola Vista Moteado Amarillo (spa) · Queue en scie (fra) · bodlok žlutoskvrnný (ces) · pesce chirurgo dalla spina affilata (ita) · Gulplettet savkirurgfisk (dan)

First described in: Ogilby, J. D. (1887). On an undescribed fish of the genus Prionurus from Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1887 (pt 2): 395-396.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5209139.