Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Dataset
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Teleostei
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Acanthuridae
- genus
- Acanthurus
- species
- Acanthurus coeruleus
Name
- Synonyms
- Acanthurus brevis Poey, 1860
- Acanthurus broussonnetii Desmarest, 1823
- Acanthurus helioides (Barbour, 1905)
- Acanthurus violaceus Castelnau, 1855
- Acronurus caeruleatus Poey, 1875
- Hepatus pawnee Breder, 1927
- Teuthis helioides Barbour, 1905
- Homonyms
- Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Common names
- Blue Tang in English
- barbero azul in Spanish
- blue tang in English
- cirujano azul in Spanish
Bibliographic References
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- Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
- Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
- Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
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- Randall, John E., 2002: null. Surgeonfishes of the World. 123.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.