Achilles Tang
Acanthurus achilles Shaw, 1803
Also calledAchilles-Doktorfisch (deu) · Achilleuse kirurgkala (est) · Akatsukihagi (jpn) · Apelsinstjärt Kirurgfisk (swe) · Bir (mah) · Chirurgien à tache rouge (fra) · Chiurgien d'Achille (fra) · Cirujano (spa) · Cirurgião-aquiles (por) · Kolama (smo) · Labahita (tgl) · Meha (tah) · Navajón de Aguiles (spa) · Orangen-Doktorfisch (deu)
First described in: Shaw, G. (1803). General zoology or systematic natural history . <em>Pisces. G. Kearsley, London, 1800-1826.</em> vol. 4 (1803) and vol. 5 (1804). [Series is 14 vols., 1800-1826.]. v. 4: (pt. 1) i-v + 1-186, Pls. 1-25; (pt 2), i-xiii + 187-632, Pls. 26-92.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Achilles Surgeon or Achilles Tang. To 26 cm (10.2 in) TL (Randall in Carpenter and Niem 2001). Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California (Thomson et al. 1979), and south-western Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2015). Inshore surge areas (Allen and Robertson 1994); depth: to 45 m (148 ft) (Wagner et al. 2014).
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Introduced species vector dispersal
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade)
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5209178.