FB-943 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=943 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acanthuriformes Acanthuridae Acanthurus Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787) Vestatlantisk kirurgfisk Barber Brown surgeonfish Doctorfish Grey doctorfish Ocean surgeonfish Ocean tang Ringtail Shitty trooper Ookeani kirurgkala Chirurgien marron Barbero Cirujano Cirujano pardo Doctor Médico Navajero Navajón Navajón pardo Sangrador Sangrador lucio Siwizye 月尾刺尾魚 月尾刺尾鱼 Acanthurus bahianus (non Castelnau, 1855) Acanthurus chirurgus (non Bloch, 1787) Acronurus nigriculus Poey, 1875 Hepatus bahianus (non Castelnau, 1855) Teuthis coeruleus (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Teuthis tractus (Poey, 1860) 1990-10-17 2024-08-12 Randall, J.E.0 Caribbean reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., The British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. 318 p. (Ref. 32) Randall, J.E.0 Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. Miami 5:665-847. (Ref. 33) Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. 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(Ref. 118580) Bennema, F.P. and G.W.N.M. Van Moorsel0 16. Reef fishes. pp. 63-76. In Hoeksema, B.W. (ed.): Marine biodiversity of Bonaire: a baseline survey. Preliminary results of the Bonaire Marine Biodiversity Expedition. 2nd edition. Naturalis Biodiversity Center and ANEMOON Foundation, Leiden and Bennebroek. (Ref. 128317) Harper, L.M., J.S. Lefcheck, R. Whippo, M.S. Jones, Z. Foltz and J.E. Duffy0 Blinded by the bright: How species-poor habitats contribute to regional biodiversity across a tropical seascape. Diversity and Distributions 28:2272-2285. (Ref. 128694) Petit-Marty, N., M. Vázquez-Luis and I.E. Hendriks0 Use of the nucleotide diversity in COI mitochondrial gene as an early diagnostic of conservation status of animal species. Conserv. Lett. 14(1):1-7. (Ref. 138103) FB-pic-942-2533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1995-01-16 2017-05-31 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=942 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Acbah_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Acbah_u0.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-942 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2024-06-20 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=942 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Inhabits shallow bottoms with coral or rocky formations (Ref. 13628); also found around inshore rocky areas with patches of sand, feeding primarily on benthic algae and occasionally grazing on seagrass beds (Ref. 87362). Usually occurs in groups of five or more individuals. Mainly diurnal species. The spine on both sides of the caudal peduncle may inflict painful wounds (Ref. 5217). Marketed fresh. Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27115. Previously reported longevity of 31 years from Ref. 52229 refers to Acanthurus bahianus, a case of misidentification. Bernal, M.A. and L.A. Rocha 2011 <i>Acanthurus tractus</i> Poey, 1860, a valid western Atlantic species of surgeonfish (Teleostei, Acanthuridae), distinct from <i>Acanthurus bahianus</i> Castelnau, 1855. Zootaxa 2905:63-68. (Ref. 87362) FB-DiagnosticDescr-942 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2018-09-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=942 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D IX, 23-26; A III, 21-23; pectoral rays 15-17; gill rakers 18-24; covered with very small ctenoid scales; spatulate teeth have denticulate edges, upper jaw with 14, lower jaw 16; body depth about 2.0 in standard length; caudal fin lunate, concavity of caudal fin 5.0-12.0 in SL, more concave in adults; length of caudal spine 3.0-3.5 in SL; eye diameter 3.0-3.5 in head length; colour of body yellowish to grayish brown, without dark vertical bars; yellow lines radiating from the posterior margin of eye; translucent pectoral fin with yellow tints; white or pale spot at the base of caudal fin; posterior margin of caudal, anal and dorsal fins have light blue or white margin (Ref. 87362).. Bernal, M.A. and L.A. Rocha 2011 <i>Acanthurus tractus</i> Poey, 1860, a valid western Atlantic species of surgeonfish (Teleostei, Acanthuridae), distinct from <i>Acanthurus bahianus</i> Castelnau, 1855. Zootaxa 2905:63-68. (Ref. 87362) FB-Morphology-942 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2018-09-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=942 Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 26; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 21 - 23 Bernal, M.A. and L.A. Rocha 2011 <i>Acanthurus tractus</i> Poey, 1860, a valid western Atlantic species of surgeonfish (Teleostei, Acanthuridae), distinct from <i>Acanthurus bahianus</i> Castelnau, 1855. Zootaxa 2905:63-68. (Ref. 87362) FB-Distribution-942 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-10-02 00:00:00 2023-02-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=942 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Northwest to West Central Atlantic: from Massachusetts and Bermuda to Trinidad and Tobago, including the Gulf of Mexico and the islands of the Caribbean. Bernal, M.A. and L.A. Rocha 2011 <i>Acanthurus tractus</i> Poey, 1860, a valid western Atlantic species of surgeonfish (Teleostei, Acanthuridae), distinct from <i>Acanthurus bahianus</i> Castelnau, 1855. Zootaxa 2905:63-68. (Ref. 87362) FB-Uses-942 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2024-06-20 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=942 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial; bait: occasionally; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family Cervigón, F. and W. Fischer 1979 INFOPESCA. Catálogo de especies marinas de interes economico actual o potencial para América Latina. Parte 1. Atlántico centro y suroccidental. FAO/UNDP, SIC/79/1. 372 p. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 6077) 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. Coupal, L., E. Bédard, C. Peguero and I.S. Durante 1992 Repertorio ictionímici de la República Dominicana. Fáscículo I : Acanthuridae - Carangidae. LIRD. (Ref. 26235) FB-TrophicStrategy-942 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-19 00:00:00 2023-06-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public tractus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Inhabits shallow bottoms with coral or rocky formations (Ref. 13628); may be seen cropping all day long on algae (Ref. 33). Usually occurs in groups of five or more individuals. Mainly diurnal species. Feeds on algae. Herbivore (Ref. 33499, 57616). Feeding rate decreases with temperature more rapidly than the mean metabolic rate of teleost fishes (Ref. 59304). The spine on both sides of the caudal peduncle may inflict painful wounds (Ref. 5217). Also cleaned by Pomacanthus paru observed at the reefs of the Abrolhos Archipelago, off eastern Brazil (Ref. 40094). Preferred for sand and chlorophytes and avoided phaeophytes (Ref. 55789). Predominantly inhabits forereefs (Ref. 128694). Randall, J.E. 1967 Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. Miami 5:665-847. (Ref. 33) FB-Size-942 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2024-06-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=942 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 38.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9761)); max. reported age: 31 years (Ref. 52229) Humann, P. 1994 Reef fish identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida. 426 p. (Ref. 9761) Choat, J.H. and D.R. Robertson 2002 Age-based studies on coral reef fishes. p. 57-80. In P.F. Sale (ed.) Coral reef fishes: dynamics and diversity in a complex ecosystem. Academic Press. (Ref. 52229) 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#Threats 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-942 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2024-06-20 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=942 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat reef-associated; marine; depth range 11 - 45 m (Ref. 3194) Reeson, P.H. 1983 The biology, ecology and bionomics of the surgeonfishes, Acanthuridae. p. 178-190. In J.L. Munro (ed.) Caribbean coral reef fishery resources. ICLARM Stud. Rev. 7. (Ref. 3194)