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Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835

To FishBase images (<i>Acanthurus nigroris</i>, Johnston I., by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Acanthurus nigroris, Johnston I., by Randall, J.E.)

219642  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219642)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Acanthuriformes (Order)
  11. Acanthuridae (Family)
  12. Acanthurus (Genus)
  13. Acanthurus nigroris (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. [details] 
Description Inhabits clear lagoon and seaward reefs; often in areas with mixed coral, pavement, rubble and sand substrates (Ref. 1602)....  
Description Inhabits clear lagoon and seaward reefs; often in areas with mixed coral, pavement, rubble and sand substrates (Ref. 1602). Feeds on filamentous algae, diatoms and fine algal film of compacted sand (Ref. 1602). Relatively uncommon throughout Micronesia; rare on Great Barrier Reef. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219642 on 2025-07-17
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description 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. [details] 

original description (of Acanthurus bipunctatus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details] 

original description (of Teuthis atrimentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann B. W. (1903). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 22 (1902): 161-208. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

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] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Inhabits clear lagoon and seaward reefs; often in areas with mixed coral, pavement, rubble and sand substrates (Ref. 1602). Feeds on filamentous algae, diatoms and fine algal film of compacted sand (Ref. 1602). Relatively uncommon throughout Micronesia; rare on Great Barrier Reef. [details]
    Definitions

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English bluelined surgeonfish  [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus atramentatus (Jordan & Evermann, 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Teuthis atrimentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hepatus atramentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus bipunctatus Günther, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus nigroris) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus atramentatus (Jordan & Evermann, 1905))
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus atramentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1905)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus bipunctatus Günther, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis atrimentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase images (Acanthurus nigroris, Johnston I., by Randall, J.E.) 
To GenBank (109 nucleotides; 115 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nigroris USNM 404672 photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nigroris USNM 435040 photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Teuthis atramentatus P04879 illustration) (from synonym Teuthis atrimentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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