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Chronixis Surgeonfish
Acanthurus chronixis Randall, 1960
Also calledBotana abu abu (msa) · Cirurgião-mimético (por) · Namerahagi (jpn) · Peix cirurgià mimètic (cat) · Pesce chirurgo mimetico (ita) · Pez Cirujano Mimético (spa) · bodlok Chronixisův (ces) · ナメラハギ (jpn) · Chronixis Kirurgfisk (dan)
First described in: Randall, J. E. (1960). A new species of Acanthurus from the Caroline Islands, with notes on the systematics of other Indo-Pacific surgeonfishes. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 14 (3): 267-279.
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”.
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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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Acanthurus chronixis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5209195.