Species details : Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834

Accepted scientific name:
Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus pyroferus  Kittlitz, 1834
Synonyms:
Acanthurus armiger Valenciennes, 1835 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus armiger Valenciennes, 1835
Acanthurus celebicus Bleeker, 1853 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus celebicus Bleeker, 1853
Acanthurus fuscus Steindachner, 1861 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus fuscus Steindachner, 1861
Acanthurus leucocheilos (non Herre, 1927) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus leucocheilos (non Herre, 1927)
Acanthurus leucosternon (non Bennett, 1832) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus leucosternon (non Bennett, 1832)
Acanthurus tristis (non Randall, 1993) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus tristis (non Randall, 1993)
Hepatus celebicus (Bleeker, 1853) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hepatus celebicus (Bleeker, 1853)
Hepatus leucosternon (non Bennett, 1832) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Hepatus leucosternon (non Bennett, 1832)
Hepatus pyriferus (Kittlitz, 1834) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hepatus pyriferus (Kittlitz, 1834)
Hepatus pyroferus (Kittlitz, 1834) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hepatus pyroferus (Kittlitz, 1834)
Rhombotides celebicus (Bleeker, 1853) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Rhombotides celebicus (Bleeker, 1853)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Gashengal - Carolinian Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Yárengan - Carolinian - Click here to show the literature
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Chokolade-kirurgfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Chocolate surgeonfish - English French Polynesia Click here to show the literature
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Chocolate surgeonfish - English Guam Click here to show the literature
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Chocolate surgeonfish - English Indonesia(Jakarta) Click here to show the literature
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Chocolate surgeonfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Chocolate surgeonfish - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Mimic surgeonfish - English West Nggela Click here to show the literature
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Mimic surgeonfish - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Mimic surgeonfish - English Christmas I. Click here to show the literature
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Mimic surgeonfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Orange-gilled surgeonfish - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Yellowspot surgeon - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Chirurgien porteur de feu - French New Caledonia Click here to show the literature
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Chirurgien rose - French French Polynesia Click here to show the literature
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Bobona - Gela West Nggela Click here to show the literature
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Kuroguchiniza - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Bit - Kumak New Caledonia Click here to show the literature
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Botana model - Malay (individual language) Indonesia(Jakarta) Click here to show the literature
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倒吊 Dao diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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倒吊 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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巧克力倒吊 Qiao ke li dao diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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巧克力倒吊 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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火紅刺尾鯛 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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火红刺尾鲷 Huo hong ci wei diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黃倒吊 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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黄倒吊 Huang dao diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黑鰓刺尾魚 Hei sai cih wei yu ,huo hong cih wei diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黑鳃刺尾鱼 Hei sai ci wei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Pone-i'usama - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature
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Indangan - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Labahita - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Maito uteute - Tahitian Tahiti Click here to show the literature
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Bakwak - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Indangan - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Mungit - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Sovahan - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Acanthuridae FishBase
Genus Acanthurus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Seychelles to the Marquesas and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Replaced by Acanthurus trisits from the Maldives and Chagos Islands to Bali (Ref. 37816).
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=4742
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:27bc599a-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401