Eyestripe surgeonfish
Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835
Also calledChirurgien couronné (fra) · Chirurgien de Duss (fra) · Chirurgien de Duss, Picot kanak (fra) · Chirurgien de Dussumier (fra) · Chirurgien à Lunettes Jaunes (fra) · Cirurgião Coroado (por) · Kangaja (swa) · Kaxan (som) · Navajón Coronado (spa) · Nise-kanranhagi (jpn) · Nisekanranhagi (jpn) · Picot Kanak (fra) · Potlood-doktervis (afr) · ニセカンランハギ (jpn)
First described in: Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: East Africa east to Hawaiian and Line islands, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island, straggling to northern New Zealand. Found on seaward reef slopes and in passes, 4 – 131 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed at Kavieng fish market in 2004 – 2005 by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5209167.