Paracanthurus hepatus is a species of Indo-Pacific surgeonfish. A popular fish in marine aquaria, it is the only member of the genus Paracanthurus. A number...
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Winterbottom delineated it as consisting of the two genera Zebrasomus and Paracanthurus, alongside the monotypic tribe Prionurini and with the remaining two...
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leucosternon, a surgeonfish usually found in the tropical Indian Ocean Paracanthurus, a surgeonfish usually found in the tropical Pacific Ocean Blue eyed...
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Prionurus Lacépède, 1804 Tribe Zebrasomini Winterbottom, 1993 Genus Paracanthurus Bleeker, 1863 Genus Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839 There are several extinct...
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species of the genus. T. hepatus is a synonym of Paracanthurus hepatus and this would make Paracanthurus synonymous with Acanthurus. An alternative would...
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Prionurus Lacépède, 1804 Tribe Zebrasomini Winterbottom, 1993 Genus Paracanthurus Bleeker, 1863 Genus Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839 FishBase list 57 species...
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species of the genus. T. hepatus is a synonym of Paracanthurus hepatus and this would make Paracanthurus synonymous with Acanthurus. An alternative would...
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Ryozo Fujii (1998). "The Blue Coloration of the Common Surgeonfish, Paracanthurus hepatus—II. Color Revelation and Color Changes". Zoological Science...
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glauca Y Y Blue striped grunt Haemulon sciurus Y Y Blue surgeonfish Paracanthurus hepatus Y Y Blue tang Acanthurus coeruleus Y Y Blue tilapia Oreochromis...
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Prionurini and with the remaining two Acanthurine genera, Zebrasoma and Paracanthurus, being classified in the tribe Zebrasomini. These tribes make up the...
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played by Sophie Aldred Dory, a forgetful, free-spirited blue tang (paracanthurus) who helps find clownfish Marlin's lost son Nemo in the movie Finding...
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tristis Yes Gold rim tang Acanthurus nigricans Yes Regal / Hippo tang Paracanthurus hepatus Yes Very prone to Cryptocaryon irritans. More tolerant of other...
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along with the purple tang (Z. xanthurum). The genera Zebrasoma and Paracanthurus make up the tribe Zebrasomini within the subfamily Acanthurinae in the...
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the other of Z. rostratum and Z. xanthurum. The genera Zebrasoma and Paracanthurus make up the tribe Zebrasomini within the subfamily Acanthurinae in the...
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pair which is basal to the genus Zebrasoma. The genera Zebrasoma and Paracanthurus make up the tribe Zebrasomini within the subfamily Acanthurinae in the...
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Bluespine unicornfish Naso vlamingii (native), Bignose unicornfish Paracanthurus hepatus (native), Palette surgeonfish Zebrasoma flavescens (questionable)...
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along with the longnose tang (Z. rostratum). The genera Zebrasoma and Paracanthurus make up the tribe Zebrasomini within the subfamily Acanthurinae in the...
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conspecific or synonymous with Zebrasoma velifer. The genera Zebrasoma and Paracanthurus make up the tribe Zebrasomini within the subfamily Acanthurinae in the...
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along with the yellow tang (Z. flavescens). The genera Zebrasoma and Paracanthurus make up the tribe Zebrasomini within the subfamily Acanthurinae in the...
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longissimus) Blacktip reef shark (Carcharinus melanopterus) Regal tang (paracanthurus hepatus) Raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula) Striated frogfish...
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velifer but moreso than the other 2 clades. The genera Zebrasoma and Paracanthurus make up the tribe Zebrasomini within the subfamily Acanthurinae in the...
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Tomini surgeon (Ctenochaetus tominiensis) Tangs Blue regal (hippo) tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) Purple (Yellow-tailed) tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) Yellow tang...
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unicornis) Bignose unicornfish (Naso vlamingii) Palette surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus) Biafra sawtail (Prionurus biafraensis) Razor surgeonfish (Prionurus...
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Ctenochaetus strigosus (Bennett, 1828) (Indo-Pacific) Palette surgeonfish Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (East Africa to Samoa, Kiribati and Mariana...
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planifrons Acanthurus glaucopareius Acanthurus leucosternon Naso literatus Paracanthurus hepatus Zebrasoma flavescens Zebrasoma xanthurum Bodianus rufus Bodianus...
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(Valenciennes, 1835) (Indo-Pacific south to Natal) Palette surgeon, Paracanthurus hepatus (Natal to central Pacific) Spotted tang, Zebrasoma gemmatum...
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