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GBIF·5209231speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyAcanthuridae
  5. ›genusAcanthurus
Acanthurus nigroris
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Bluelined Surgeonfish

Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835

Also calledChirurgien à lignes bleues (fra) · Cirurgião-de-cabeça-acinzentada (por) · Labahita (tgl) · Peix cirurgià rascat (cat) · Pesce chirurgo grigio (ita) · Pez Cirujano Rayado Azul (spa) · Surahan (tgl) · bodlok modropásý (ces) · maito (tah) · Blålinjet Kirurgfisk (dan)

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.

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 5209231.