WoRMS taxon details
Zebrasoma flavescens (Bennett, 1828)
219683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219683)
accepted
Species
Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828) Bennett, E. T. (1828). Observations on the fishes contained in the collection of the Zoological Society. On some fishes from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Zoological Journal, London.</em> v. 4 (no. 13, art. 3): 31-42. [details]
Description Inhabits coral rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs from below the surge zone to at least 46 m. Occurs singly or in loose...
Description Inhabits coral rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs from below the surge zone to at least 46 m. Occurs singly or in loose groups and browses on filamentous algae. A popular aquarium fish and the top marine fish export from Hawaii. Group spawning and pair-spawning by territorial males that court passing females were observed. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Zebrasoma flavescens (Bennett, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219683 on 2024-04-18
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original description
(of Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828) Bennett, E. T. (1828). Observations on the fishes contained in the collection of the Zoological Society. On some fishes from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Zoological Journal, London.</em> v. 4 (no. 13, art. 3): 31-42. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Alien species It is a northern hemisphere Pacific species distributed from Hawaii (where it is abundant) to the Ryukyu Islands, including the Marshall Islands, Wake, Minami Tori Shima (Marcus Island), Mariana Islands, and Ogasawara Islands (Randall, 2001). [details]Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade) [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal This is a likely aquarium release [details]
From other sources
Description Inhabits coral rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs from below the surge zone to at least 46 m. Occurs singly or in loose groups and browses on filamentous algae. A popular aquarium fish and the top marine fish export from Hawaii. Group spawning and pair-spawning by territorial males that court passing females were observed. [details]
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Yellow Tang)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828)
To FishBase images (Zebrasoma flavescens, Johnston I., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scopas flavescens P04256 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zebrasoma flavescens FIN026115 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Yellow Tang)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828)
To FishBase images (Zebrasoma flavescens, Johnston I., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Acanthurus flavescens Bennett, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scopas flavescens P04256 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zebrasoma flavescens FIN026115 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
