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	<dc:identifier>FB-4747</dc:identifier>
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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Acanthuriformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Acanthuridae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Acanthurus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker &amp; Mohr, 1929</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Cirurgião graduado</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Epaulet-doktervis</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Gurisan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Pata</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Epaulet-kirurgfisk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Black-barred surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Blackstreak surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Epaulette surgeon</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Epaulette surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Epaullete surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Eye-line surgeon</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Eyeline surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Eye-line surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Shoulderbar surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Mustklapp-kirurgkala</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fj'>Balagi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fj'>Balagi naba</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fj'>Dridri</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fj'>Jila</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fj'>Tila</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Chirurgien à queue blanche</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Chirurgien à virgule noire</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Oturi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Pugpugot</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ko'>양쥐돔</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='mh'>Aelmeej</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Barat-barat</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Debam</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Debam palit hitam</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Dengkis</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sm'>Pone-i'usina</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ty'>Oturi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tl'>Dabahita</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tl'>Indangan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tl'>Labahita</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tl'>Saging-saging</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tl'>Samarel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Bagis</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Dodoh</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Havani</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Iga bili igu pura</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Kalu orava</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Kapalagi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Komang</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Kuu wadu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Ma'ito</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Maomao</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Meito</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Palagi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Palangi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Patupatu pō</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Pilo-pilo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Saplan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Tudlo-an</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Yefal</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>倒吊</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>粗皮仔</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>黑尾刺尾魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>黑尾刺尾鯛</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>黑尾刺尾鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>黑尾刺尾鲷</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Acanthurus gahhm (non Forsskål, 1775)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Acanthurus gahm nigricauda Duncker &amp; Mohr, 1929</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Acanthurus nigricans (non Linnaeus, 1758)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Acanthurus nigricauada Duncker &amp; Mohr, 1929</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker &amp; Mohr, 1929</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1991-11-26</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2023-06-15</dcterms:modified>
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	<dc:description>Indo-Pacific:  East Africa, including the Mascarene Islands (Ref. 37792) to the Tuamoto Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to southern Great Barrier Reef.  Not occurring in the Red Sea. </dc:description>
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