WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835
219642 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219642)
accepted
Species
Acanthurus atramentatus (Jordan & Evermann, 1905) · unaccepted
Acanthurus bipunctatus Günther, 1861 · unaccepted
Hepatus atramentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1905 · unaccepted
Teuthis atrimentatus Jordan & Evermann, 1903 · unaccepted
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. (2026). FishBase. Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219642 on 2026-06-17
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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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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 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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 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
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 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
Unreviewed
