Species details : Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Accepted scientific name:
Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms:
Acanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Acanthurus theuthis Lacepède, 1802 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus theuthis Lacepède, 1802
Paracanthurus theuthis (Lacepède, 1802) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Paracanthurus theuthis (Lacepède, 1802)
Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus, 1766 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus, 1766
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Palet-doktervis - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature reference
Ffiyán - Carolinian - Click here to show the literature reference
Hugupau asut - Carolinian - Click here to show the literature reference
Maasiyes - Carolinian - Click here to show the literature reference
Masiyes - Carolinian Micronesia(Woleai Atoll, Yap State) Click here to show the literature reference
Montador - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature reference
Paletkirurgfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature reference
Blue surgeonfish - English Mauritius Click here to show the literature reference
Blue surgeonfish - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Blue tang - English Christmas I. Click here to show the literature reference
Blue tang - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature reference
Dory - English USA
Flagtail surgeonfish - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Hepatus tang - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature reference
Indo-pacific bluetang - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature reference
Palette surgeon - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature reference
Palette surgeon - English South Africa Click here to show the literature reference
Palette surgeonfish - English West Nggela Click here to show the literature reference
Palette surgeonfish - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Palette surgeonfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature reference
Palette surgeonfish - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Regal blue surgeonfish - English Maldives Click here to show the literature reference
Wedge-tailed tang - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature reference
Wedgetail blue tang - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Chirurgien bleu - French Mauritius Click here to show the literature reference
Simusimu - Gela West Nggela Click here to show the literature reference
Nanyôhagi - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature reference
Debam - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature reference
Dengkis - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature reference
Leter enam - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature reference
Leter enam kecil - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature reference
Chankatayan - Malayalam India(Laccadives Island) Click here to show the literature reference
ചാണ്കടയന്  - Malayalam India
ചെംകട്ടയന് - Malayalam India
Voularg - Maldivian India(Laccadives Island) Click here to show the literature reference
剝皮羊 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature reference
剝皮魚 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature reference
剥皮羊 Bo pi yang Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
剥皮鱼 Bo pi yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
拟刺尾鲷 Ni ci wei diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
擬刺尾鯛 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature reference
蓝倒吊 Lan dao diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
藍倒吊 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature reference
黃尾副刺尾魚 Huang wei fu cih wei yu ,ni cih wei diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
黄尾副刺尾鱼 Huang wei fu ci wei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
Kimakimaga - Misima-Paneati Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature reference
Acaraúna-preta - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Barbeiro - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Cirurgião - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature reference
Palettkirurgfisk - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature reference
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Acanthuridae FishBase
Genus Paracanthurus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa, including the Mascarene Islands (Ref. 37792) to Kiribati, north to southern Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, and Samoa.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=6017
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd8e4519-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401

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