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Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Bennett, E. T. (1833). Characters of new species of fishes from Ceylon. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1832 (pt 2): 182-184.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Acanthuridae
genus
Acanthurus
species
Acanthurus leucosternon

Name

Synonyms
Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes, 1835
Acanthurus delisianus Griffith & Smith, 1834
Acanthurus delisianus Valenciennes, 1835
Acanthurus delissianus Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38
Acanthurus leucosternum Day, 1889
Hepatus leucosternon (Bennett, 1833)
Rhombotides leucosternon (Bennett, 1833)
Homonyms
Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833
Common names
Alakan in Malayalam
Barat-barat in Malay
Blue surgeonfish in English
Botana biru in Malay
Chirurgien poudré in French
Chirurgien à poitrine blanche in French
Cirurgião poeirento in Portuguese
Debam in Malay
Debam biru in Malay
Hvidstrubet kirurgfisk in Danish
Imim in Marshallese
Kaxan in Somali
Mazi bile in language.
Nil detha in Sinhalese
Nila orandeya in Tamil
Noo libaas in Maldivian
Poeierblou-doktervis in Afrikaans
Pokolec bialobrody in Polish
Powder blue surgeonfish in English
Powder blue tang in English
Powder blue tang in English
Powder-blue surgeonfish in English
Powder-blue surgeonfish in English
Powder-blue tang in English
Powderblue surgeonfish in English
Powderblue surgeonfish in English
Powderblue surgeonfish in English
Vitbröstad Kirurgfisk in Swedish
Voularg in Maldivian
powderblue surgeonfish in language.
അലകന് in Malayalam
ആളകന് in Malayalam
白胸刺尾魚 in language.
白胸刺尾鱼 in language.
Powder Blue Surgeonfish in English
Alakan in Malayalam
Blue Surgeonfish in English
Botana Biru in Malay
Chirurgien Poudré in French
Chirurgien à Poitrine Blanche in French
Cirurgião Poeirento in Portuguese
Hvidstrubet Kirurgfisk in Danish
Imim in Marshallese
Kaxan in Somali
Nila Orandeya in Tamil
Poeierblou-doktervis in Afrikaans
Pokolec Bialobrody in Polish
Powder Blue Tang in English
Powder-blue Tang in English
Powderblue Surgeonfish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bennett, E. T. (1833). Characters of new species of fishes from Ceylon. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1832 (pt 2): 182-184.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  3. Randall, John E., 2002: null. Surgeonfishes of the World. 123.
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