Acanthurus Forsskal, 1775

A single sharp and erectile antrorse spine on caudal peduncle. Teeth rather broad, fixed in jaws. Pelvic finrays I + 5. Caudal fin varying from nearly truncate to strongly lunate.

Species over 30; in Clofnam area 1.

Recent revision: Randall (1956—regional basis only).

Kingdom Animalia
Class Osteichthyes
Genus Acanthurus

Scientific synonyms and common names

Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775
Gender: M; Descriptiones animalium ...: 59
Type: Chaetodon sohal Forsskål by subs. design. of Jordan, 1917: 33.

Synonyms

Hepatus Gronow, 1763, Zoophylacium: 113 (suppressed by Opinion 89; Xth Intern. Cong. zool., Annex.: 1608).
Teuthis Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat., ed. XII: 507 (type: Teuthis javus by subs. design., suppr. by opinion 93, ibidem, annex: 1608-1609).
Theutys Gouan, 1770, Historia Piscium: 105 (type: Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus, by subs. design. of Fowler & Bean, 1928: 207).
Theutis Bonnaterre, 1788, Tabl. méth. Ichth.: 156 (type: Theutis hepatus, by monotypy).

Bonnaterre, J. P. 1788. Ichthyologie. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature, Paris: pp. Ivi+215, pl. A-B+1-100.

Fors[s]kål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium; avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium, quae in itinere orientali observavit, Hauniae, 20 + xxxiv +164 pp., 1 map.

Goüan, A. 1770. Historia piscium, sistens ipsorum anatomen externam, internam, atque genera in classes et ordines redacta. Histoire des poissons, contenant la description anatomique de leurs parties externes et internes et le caractère des divers genres rangés par classes et par ordres. Strasbourg, xviii (x2)+1-228 (x2) (lat.+ fr.)+229-252, pl. IIV.

Gronovius, L. T. 1763. Zoophylacii Gronoviani fasciculus primus exhibens animalia quadrupeda, amphibia atque pisces, quae in museo suo adservat, rite examinavit, systematice disposuit, descripsis atque iconibus illustravit L. T. Gronovius, J.U.D.... Lugduni Batavorum, 236+1 pp., 18 pl.

Jordan, D. S. 1917-1920. The genera of Fishes, from Linnaeus to 1920, with the accepted type of each. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. Stanford Univ. Publ., University series: 576 p. in four parts. (Part I, 1917 :1-161; part II, 1919: ix+163-284+i-xiii; part III, 1919: 285-410+i-xv; part IV, 1920: 411-576+i-xviii) (new edition, 1963—reprint, 1968).

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturae. Editio duodecima, reformata. Nantes & Pisces: pp. 394-532.

Randall, J. E. 1956. A revision of the surgeon fish genus Acanthurus. Pacif. Sci., 10 (2): 159-235, 3 pl., 23 fig.

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