FB-4746 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4746 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acanthuriformes Acanthuridae Acanthurus Acanthurus maculiceps (Ahl, 1923) Fregnet kirurgfisk Earbar surgeonfish Pale-lined surgeonfish Spot-face surgeon Spotted-face surgeonfish Surgeonfish White-freckled surgeonfish Yellow-freckled surgeon fish Irezuminiza Muk Debam Debam bintik putih Dengkis Gebang Indangan Labahita Gamashuwag Mungit Sovahan 倒吊 头斑刺尾鲷 斑头刺尾鱼 斑頭刺尾魚 頭斑刺尾鯛 黑带倒吊 Hepatus maculiceps Ahl, 1923 Hepatus nigricans (non Linnaeus, 1758) 1991-11-26 2008-01-23 Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. (Ref. 280) Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4746 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Acmac_u2.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Acmac_u2.jpg FB-pic-4746-9681 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-03-05 2000-11-13 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4746 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Acmac_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Acmac_u1.jpg FB-pic-4746-27437 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 2000-08-29 2010-07-09 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4746 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Acmac_u5.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Acmac_u5.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-4746 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-11-26 00:00:00 2008-01-23 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4746 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Inhabits clear outer reef flats and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Solitary or in small wide-ranging groups (Ref. 9710). Usually in schools of mixed similar species when grazing algae (Ref. 48637). Randall, J.E. 1956 A revision of the surgeonfish genus <i>Acanthurus</i>. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235. (Ref. 1920) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4746 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-12-04 00:00:00 2013-04-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4746 Brown in color when preserved; a black bar on upper edge of gill opening; head spotted; a less intense dark mark just behind the eye, connected narrowly with the dark bar; a dark brown region around the caudal spine; outer third of upper pectoral rays pale yellow. Large adults develop a distinctly convex head profile (Ref. 1602). Gill rakers on anterior row:19-23, on posterior row: 21-24.Description: Characterized further by having caudal spine length of 2.5-3.2 in head length; greatest depth of body 2.0-2.2 in SL (Ref. 90102). Randall, J.E. 1956 A revision of the surgeonfish genus <i>Acanthurus</i>. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235. (Ref. 1920) FB-Morphology-4746 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-12-04 00:00:00 2013-04-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4746 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 26; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 22 - 24 Randall, J.E. 1956 A revision of the surgeonfish genus <i>Acanthurus</i>. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235. (Ref. 1920) FB-Distribution-4746 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-11-26 00:00:00 2024-08-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4746 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Indo-West Pacific: Maldives (Ref. 30829); then from the Andaman Sea (Ref. 9710) and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Philippines and the Line Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Samoa. Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Uses-4746 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-11-26 00:00:00 2008-01-23 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4746 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. FB-TrophicStrategy-4746 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-12-07 00:00:00 2007-09-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public maculiceps http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Inhabits clear outer reef flats and seaward reefs. Solitary or in small wide-ranging groups (Ref. 9710). Usually in schools of mixed similar species when grazing algae (Ref. 48637). Myers, R.F. 1999 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p. (Ref. 37816) FB-Size-4746 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-11-26 00:00:00 2008-01-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4746 40.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)) Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka 2001 Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893. (Ref. 48637) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4746 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-11-26 00:00:00 2008-01-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4746 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 15 m (Ref. 1602), usually 3 - 15 m (Ref. 27115) Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) Baensch, H.A. and H. Debelius 1997 SF457.1 .B3513 1994 Mergus Verlag GmbH, Postfach 86, 49302, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. 3rd edition. (Ref. 27115)