Category:Acanthurus

**Acanthurus**
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Instance of	taxon;
Start time	56th millennium BC;
Common name
	العربية: حسفلة; مصرى: اكانثوروس; български: хирурзи; čeština: bodlok; Deutsch: Echte Doktorfische; Ελληνικά: Ακανθούρος; Esperanto: Kirurgofiŝo; euskara: Arrain kirurgialari; فارسی: جراح‌ماهی; עברית: בתרן; Bahasa Indonesia: Botana; 日本語: クロハギ属; lietuvių: Jūrų chirurgai; русский: Рыбы-хирурги; Kiswahili: Kangaja; தமிழ்: அகாந்தூரசு; ไทย: ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ด; 中文: 刺尾鱼属; 中文（中国大陆）: 刺尾鱼属; 中文（简体）: 刺尾鱼属;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Superphylum	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Actinopterygii
Class	Actinopteri
Subclass	Neopterygii
Infraclass	Teleostei
Megacohort	Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohort	Clupeocephala
Cohort	Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohort	Neoteleostei
Infracohort	Eurypterygia
Section	Ctenosquamata
Subsection	Acanthomorphata
Division	Acanthopterygii
Subdivision	Percomorphaceae
Series	Eupercaria
Order	Perciformes
Suborder	Acanthuroidei
Family	Acanthuridae
Genus	Acanthurus
Taxon author	Peter Forsskål, 1775
Authority file
	Q648200; J9U ID: 987007563916505171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 12912; ITIS TSN: 172251; Fossilworks taxon ID: 35926; GBIF taxon ID: 2379647; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 125908; New Zealand Organisms Register ID: 119d3932-a667-465b-b794-ee9e9cc2f926; iNaturalist taxon ID: 55382; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 3675; ADW taxon ID: Acanthurus; uBio ID: 683350
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Classis: Actinopterygii • Subclassis: Neopterygii • Infraclassis: Teleostei • Cladus: Euteleostei • Cladus: Acanthomorpha • Cladus: Percomorpha • Ordo: Acanthuriformes • Subordo: Acanthuroidei • Familia: Acanthuridae • Genus: Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Category:Acanthurus' linked to current category]

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English: Tangs, Lancetfishes, Surgeonfishes
العربية: حسفلة
مصرى: اكانثوروس
български: хирурзи
čeština: bodlok
Deutsch: Echte Doktorfische
Ελληνικά: Ακανθούρος
Esperanto: Kirurgofiŝo
español: Acanthurus leucosternon
euskara: Arrain kirurgialari
فارسی: جراح‌ماهی‌ها
עברית: בתרן
Bahasa Indonesia: Botana
日本語: クロハギ属
lietuvių: Jūrų chirurgai
русский: Рыбы-хирурги
Kiswahili: Kangaja
தமிழ்: அகாந்தூரசு
ไทย: ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ด
中文: 刺尾鱼属
中文（中国大陆）: 刺尾鱼属
中文（简体）: 刺尾鱼属

Synonyms

Acanthurus (Ctenodon) Swainson, 1839
Acronurus Gronow in Gray, 1854
Acronurus Günther (ex Gronow), 1861
Aspisurus Lacepède, 1802
Ctenodon Bonaparte, 1831
Harpurina Fowler & Bean, 1929
Harpurus Forster, 1788
Rhombotides Bleeker (ex Klein), 1863
Rhombotides Klein, 1775
Teuthis Linnaeus, 1766
Teuthys
Theutis Bonnaterre, 1788

Wikispecies has an entry on: Acanthurus.

Included species (for FishBase):

A. achilles, A. albipectoralis, A. auranticavus, A. bahianus, A. bariene, A. blochii, A. chirurgus, A. chronixis, A. coeruleus, A. dussumieri, A. fowleri, A. gahhm, A. grammoptilus, A. guttatus, A. japonicus, A. leucocheilus, A. leucopareius, A. leucosternon, A. lineatus, A. maculiceps, A. mata, A. monroviae, A. nigricans, A. nigricauda, A. nigrofuscus, A. nigroris, A. nubilus, A. olivaceus, A. polyzona, A. pyroferus, A. randalli, A. reversus, A. sohal, A. tennentii, A. thompsoni, A. triostegus, A. tristis, A. xanthopterus