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> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Acanthurinae
Etymology: Acanthurus:Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335). Eponymy: John W Thompson was an artist and modeller at the Bishop Museum, Honolulu (1901– 1928). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page. More on author: Fowler.
Indo-Pacific: East Africa, including the Mascarene Islands (Ref. 37792) to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Rapa (Austral Islands). The Indian Ocean population is without the white caudal fin.
আকৃতি / ওজন / বয়স
পরিপক্কতা : Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 27.0 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 3145)
পৃষ্ঠীয় কাঁটা (মোট ) : 9; পৃষ্ঠীয় নরম পাখনা দন্ড (মোট ) : 23 - 26; পায়ূ কাঁটা : 3; পায়ূর নরম পাখনা্তুন্ড: 23 - 26. Body uniformly brown to dark brown; caudal fin pale in color (snow white in live fishes). Small, dark spot below and adjacent to axil of pectoral fin. Anterior gill rakers 15-18; posterior 14-16. Snout length 7.9 to 8.2 times in SL. Least depth of caudal peduncle 2.2 to 2.5 times in head length (Ref 9808). Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
This occasionally schooling species occurs in steep outer reef slopes and drop-offs (Ref. 1602, 48637). Benthopelagic over coral and sand (Ref. 58302). Feeds on zooplankton, particularly large gelatinous forms, and on fish eggs and crustaceans (Ref. 1920). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
জীবনচক্র এবং প্রজনন আচরণ পরিপক্কতা | প্রজনন | ডিম ছাড়া | ডিমসমূহ | ডিম্বধারন ক্ষমতা | শুককীট
পছন্দের তাপমাত্রা (সূত্র 123201): 24.6 - 28.8, mean 27.6 °C (based on 1218 cells).
ফাইলোজেনেটিক বৈচিত্র্য সূচক (সূত্র 82804): PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.01098 - 0.04781), b=2.96 (2.79 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
ট্রফিক পর্যায়ে (সূত্র 69278): 3.6 ±0.41 se; based on food items.
স্থিতিস্থাপক (সূত্র 120179): উচ্চ, সর্বনিম্ন প্রজন দ্বিগুনের সময় ১৫ মাস (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
মাছ ধরার ঝুঁকিপূর্ণতা (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100). 🛈
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