Paracanthurus

Paracanthurus hepatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acanthuroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Paracanthurus
Species (1): P. hepatus

Name

Paracanthurus Bleeker, 1863

• Gender: Masculine
• Type species: Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus, 1766
  • Type by monotypy

Synonyms

• Colocopus Gill, 1884

References

• Bleeker, P. 1863: Deuxième notice sur la faune ichthyologique de l'île de Flores. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde, 1: 248–252. BHL

Links

• Paracanthurus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Paracanthurus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Paracanthurus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Paracanthurus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Palet-doktervis
• català: Peix cirurgià blau indopacífic
• Deutsch: Paletten-Doktorfisch
• ދިވެހިބަސް: ދޮންނޫ ކާޅު
• suomi: Palettivälskäri
• magyar: Palettás doktorhal
• 日本語: ナンヨウハギ
• lietuvių: Vėliaviniai chirurgai
• polski: Pokolec królewski
• русский: Голубой хирург
• ไทย: ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ดฟ้า
• 粵語: 擬刺尾鯛

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