WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929
219626 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219626)
accepted
Species
Acanthurus gahm nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929 · unaccepted
Acanthurus nigricauada Duncker & Mohr, 1929 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker & Mohr, 1929 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Duncker, G.; Mohr, E. (1929). Die Fische der Südsee-Expedition der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung 1908--1909. 3. Teil. Acanthopteri sens. ampl., Physoclisti malacopterygii, Physostomi, Plagiostomi. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg.</em> 44: 57-84. [details]
Description Occurs in clear lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 30 m around isolated coral heads. Prefers sandy bottoms of...
Description Occurs in clear lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 30 m around isolated coral heads. Prefers sandy bottoms of bays and lagoons rather than the coral reefs like most other Acanthuridae. The species is sometimes poisonous (Ref. 4795). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219626 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Duncker, G.; Mohr, E. (1929). Die Fische der Südsee-Expedition der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung 1908--1909. 3. Teil. Acanthopteri sens. ampl., Physoclisti malacopterygii, Physostomi, Plagiostomi. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg.</em> 44: 57-84. [details]
original description (of Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker & Mohr, 1929) Duncker, G.; Mohr, E. (1929). Die Fische der Südsee-Expedition der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung 1908--1909. 3. Teil. Acanthopteri sens. ampl., Physoclisti malacopterygii, Physostomi, Plagiostomi. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg.</em> 44: 57-84. [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]
original description (of Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker & Mohr, 1929) Duncker, G.; Mohr, E. (1929). Die Fische der Südsee-Expedition der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung 1908--1909. 3. Teil. Acanthopteri sens. ampl., Physoclisti malacopterygii, Physostomi, Plagiostomi. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg.</em> 44: 57-84. [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in clear lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 30 m around isolated coral heads. Prefers sandy bottoms of bays and lagoons rather than the coral reefs like most other Acanthuridae. The species is sometimes poisonous (Ref. 4795). [details]
To Barcode of Life (65 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthurus gahm nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus nigricauda)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus gahm nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To FishBase images (Acanthurus nigricauda, Indonesia, by Greenfield, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Acanthurus gahm nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nigricauda USNM 407798 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nigricauda USNM 435132 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthurus gahm nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus nigricauda)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus gahm nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To FishBase images (Acanthurus nigricauda, Indonesia, by Greenfield, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Acanthurus gahm nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nigricauda USNM 407798 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nigricauda USNM 435132 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
