Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
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Bennett, Edward T. 1833. Characters of new species of fishes from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, B 1832(2): 182-184.

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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms: Acanthurus delisiani Valenciennes, 1835; Acanthurus delisianus Valenciennes, 1835; 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 language.; Blue surgeonfish in English; Botana biru in language.; Chirurgien poudré in French; Chirurgien à poitrine blanche in French; Cirurgião poeirento in Portuguese; Debam in language.; Debam biru in language.; 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; 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

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