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GBIF·5209155speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyAcanthuridae
  5. ›genusAcanthurus
Acanthurus fowleri
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Fowler's Surgeonfish

Acanthurus fowleri de Beaufort, 1951

Also calledCirurgião-rei (por) · Dabahita (tgl) · Labahita (tgl) · Peix cirurgià ferradura (cat) · Pesce chirurgo regale (ita) · Pez Cirujano de Fowler (spa) · Pferdehuf-Doktorfisch (deu) · Samarel (tgl) · bodlok květinový (ces) · ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ดปาน (tha) · Fowlers Kirurgfisk (dan)

First described in: de Beaufort, L. F.; Chapman, W. M. (1951). IX. Percomorphi (concluded), Blennoidea. <em>M. Weber and L. F. de Beaufort (eds.): The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago.</em> IX. Percomorphi (concluded), Blennoidea. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 9: i-xi + 1-484.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5209155.