Acanthurus leucosternon

Acanthurus leucosternon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acanthuroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Acanthuriformes Subordo: Acanthuroidei

Familia: Acanthuridae
Genus: Acanthurus
Species: Acanthurus leucosternon

Name

Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833

Holotype: BMNH 1855.12.26.442 (1).

Type locality: Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean.

Synonyms

• Acanthurus delissianus Guérin-Méneville, 1829–38 [1844]
  • Type locality: Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean
  • Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7067
• Acanthurus delisianus Griffith & Smith, 1834
  • Type locality: [no locality stated]
  • Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7067
• Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
  • Type locality: Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean
  • Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7067

References

Primary references

• Bennett, E.T. 1833. Characters of new species of fishes from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1832(2): 182–184. BHL Reference page. 
• Griffith, E. & Smith, C.H. 1834. The class Pisces, arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions, by Edward Griffith, F.R.S., &c. and Lieut.-Col. Charles Hamilton Smith, F.R., L.S.S., &c. &c. In: Cuvier, G: The animal kingdom, arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, member of the Institute of France, &c. &c. &c., with supplementary additions to each order, by Edward Griffith ... and others. (2nd ed.) Whittaker & Co., London. 1–680, Pls. 1–62 + 3. [See opp. 214, Pl. 35 (fig. 2).]
• Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. 1835. Histoire naturelle des poissons. 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. 10: i–xxiv + 1–482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Guérin-Méneville F.É. 1844. Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables et souvent non figurées de chaque genre d'animaux. Tome III: Texte explicatif: Poissons. Paris, Baillière, 44 pp. BHL Reference page.  [See page 22, Pl. 35 (fig. 2)

Additional references

• DiBattista, J.D., Whitney, J., Craig, M.T., Hobbs, J.-P.A., Rocha, L.A., Feldheim, K.A., Berumen, M.L. & Bowen, B.W. 2016. Surgeons and suture zones: Hybridization among four surgeonfish species in the Indo-Pacific with variable evolutionary outcomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 101: 203–215. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.036 Reference page. 

Links

• Acanthurus leucosternon in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Acanthurus leucosternon in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Weißkehl-Doktorfisch
English: Powderblue surgeonfish
Esperanto: Blankgorĝa kirurgofiŝo
magyar: Holdfény doktorhal
íslenska: Hvíthálsalæknir
lietuvių: Baltakrūtis jūrų chirurgas
polski: Pokolec białobrody
svenska: Vitbröstad kirurgfisk
ไทย: ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ดฟ้าอกขาว

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