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

Yellowtail Surgeonfish

Prionurus punctatus Gill, 1862

Also calledBarbero (spa) · Cirujano Cochinito (spa) · Cochinito (spa) · cochinito punteado (spa)

First described in: Gill, T. N. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes of Lower California in the Smithsonian Institution collected by Mr. J. Xantus. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 14: 242-246.

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 5209140.