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Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Acanthurinae
Etymology: Acanthurus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 22 - 91 m (Ref. 57178). Tropical; 22°N - 30°S, 91°E - 167°W
Distribución
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Western Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia and northwestern Australia.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.6 cm FL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 125599); peso máximo publicado: 1.2 kg (Ref. 125599)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 25 - 26; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 23 - 24. This species is characterize by the following head with small pale (rust colour in life) spots; black around peduncular spine groove of adults extending well ahead of front of spine (by a distance almost as long as spine on a 24.5 cm SL specimen); caudal fin with a very narrow white posterior margin (broader in young); body depth of adults (> 20 cm SL) 2.2.-2.5 times in SL (Ref. 9808); anterior gill rakers 16-18; posterior 21-23; when preserved, color of body brown; head spotted with bands in front of eye; tip of pectoral fin paler than the base; upper end of gill opening with a faint dark brown elongate blotch; dark brown color encircling caudal spine; caudal fin base white (Ref. 1920).
Inhabits silty coastal reefs (Ref. 9710). A good food fish (Ref. 3132).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Randall, J.E., 1956. A revision of the surgeonfish genus Acanthurus. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235. (Ref. 1920)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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