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  1. ADW: Acanthuridae: INFORMATION

    WEBRead about Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) on the Animal Diversity Web.

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    Acanthurus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs, found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. They are found in tropical oceans, especially near coral reefs, with most species in the Indo-Pacific but a few are found in the Atlantic Ocean.
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    Most sources agree on the existence of 72 species within the Acanthuridae family but the number of genera ranges from 6 to 9, depending on the source.
    ( Nelson, 1994) Acanthurids are one of several recently derived families ( Blenniidae, Monacanthidae, Pomacentridae, Scaridae, Siganidae) capable of exploiting reef algae and small colonial invertebrates.
    In 2014 it was proposed that the type species of Acanthurus should be Chaetodon sohal, which had also been described by Forsskål in 1775 as a member of the subgenus alongside C. bifasciatus, C. nigrofuscus and C. unicornis, and had been designated as the type species by Jordan and Evermann in 1917.
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  6. surgeon·fish
    noun
    1. a deep-bodied and typically brightly coloured tropical marine fish with a scalpel-like spine on each side of the tail.
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  8. Surgeonfish | Reef-dwelling, Herbivorous, Tropical

    WEBSurgeonfish, any of about 75 species of thin, deep-bodied, tropical marine fishes of the family Acanthuridae (order Perciformes). Surgeonfishes are small-scaled, with a single dorsal fin and one or more distinctive, sharp …

  9. Acanthuridae - Simple English Wikipedia, the free …

    WEBAcanthuridae is the family of surgeonfish, tangs, and unicornfish. The family includes about 86 living species. It is made up of marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs. Many of the species are …

  10. A multi-locus timetree of surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae, …

  11. Acanthuroidei (Surgeonfishes and Relatives) | Encyclopedia.com