WoRMS taxon details
Acanthurus nubilus (Fowler & Bean, 1929)
272964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272964)
accepted
Species
Harpurina nubilus (Fowler & Bean, 1929) · unaccepted
Hepatus nubilus Fowler & Bean, 1929 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hepatus nubilus Fowler & Bean, 1929) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1929). Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent waters. The fishes of the series Capriformes, Ephippiformes, and Squamipennes, collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" chiefly in Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100, v. 8: i-xi + 1-352. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Acanthurus nubilus (Fowler & Bean, 1929). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272964 on 2026-08-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hepatus nubilus Fowler & Bean, 1929) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1929). Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent waters. The fishes of the series Capriformes, Ephippiformes, and Squamipennes, collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" chiefly in Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100, v. 8: i-xi + 1-352. [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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hepatus nubilus Fowler & Bean, 1929)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus nubilus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Harpurina nubilus (Fowler & Bean, 1929))
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus nubilus Fowler & Bean, 1929)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Hepatus nubilus Fowler & Bean, 1929)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nubilus FIN026040 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nubilus USNM 424148 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hepatus nubilus Fowler & Bean, 1929)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthurus nubilus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Harpurina nubilus (Fowler & Bean, 1929))
To FishBase (from synonym Hepatus nubilus Fowler & Bean, 1929)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Hepatus nubilus Fowler & Bean, 1929)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nubilus FIN026040 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthurus nubilus USNM 424148 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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