Species details : Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801

Accepted scientific name:
Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801
Synonyms:
Harpurus guttatus (Forster, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Harpurus guttatus (Forster, 1801)
Hepatus guttatus (Forster, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hepatus guttatus (Forster, 1801)
Rhombotides guttatus (Forster, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Rhombotides guttatus (Forster, 1801)
Teuthis guttatus (Forster, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Teuthis guttatus (Forster, 1801)
Zabrasoma guttatus (Forster, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Zabrasoma guttatus (Forster, 1801)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Hamoktan - Carolinian - Click here to show the literature reference
Parapar - Carolinian - Click here to show the literature reference
Parepar - Carolinian Micronesia Click here to show the literature reference
Indangan - Cebuano Philippines(Cebu; Cagayan de Oro) Click here to show the literature reference
Hvidplettet kirurgfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature reference
Mongit - Davawenyo Philippines(Davao) Click here to show the literature reference
Mustard surgeonfish - English Indonesia(Jakarta) Click here to show the literature reference
Mustard surgeonfish - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Spotband surgeonfish - English Christmas I. Click here to show the literature reference
Spotted surgeonfish - English French Polynesia Click here to show the literature reference
Spotted surgeonfish - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature reference
Spotted surgeonfish - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Spotted tang - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature reference
White-spotted surgeonfish - English West Nggela Click here to show the literature reference
Whitespotted surgeonfish - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Whitespotted surgeonfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature reference
Whitespotted surgeonfish - English Niue Click here to show the literature reference
Whitespotted surgeonfish - English Philippines(Dapa, Surigao del Norte) Click here to show the literature reference
Whitespotted surgeonfish - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Chirurgien moucheté - French French Polynesia Click here to show the literature reference
Iga balo - Gela West Nggela Click here to show the literature reference
Api - Hawaiian Hawaii Click here to show the literature reference
Labahita - Ilokano Philippines(Aparri, Cagayan) Click here to show the literature reference
Gomaniza - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature reference
Baba - Kiribati Kiribati(Gilbert Islands) Click here to show the literature reference
Te baba - Kiribati Kiribati Click here to show the literature reference
Botana mutiara - Malay (individual language) Indonesia(Jakarta) Click here to show the literature reference
斑点刺尾鱼 Ban dian ci wei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
斑点刺尾鲷 Ban dian ci wei diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
斑點刺尾魚 Ban dian cih wei yu ,ban dian cih wei diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
斑點刺尾鯛 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature reference
白点倒吊 Bai dian dao diao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
白點倒吊 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature reference
粗皮仔 Cu pi zai Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
粗皮仔 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature reference
Wotwot - Marshallese - Click here to show the literature reference
Hapi - Niuean Niue Click here to show the literature reference
Api - Rapa French Polynesia(Rapa Island) Click here to show the literature reference
Maogo - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature reference
Indangan - Surigaonon Philippines(Surigao del Norte (Cagdianao; Dapa)) Click here to show the literature reference
Indangan - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature reference
Labahita - Tagalog Philippines(Calauag, Quezon) Click here to show the literature reference
Api - Tahitian Tahiti Click here to show the literature reference
Te api - Tuvaluan Kiribati(Fanning Atoll, Line Is.) Click here to show the literature reference
Bakwak - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature reference
Indangan - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature reference
Mungit - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature reference
Sovahan - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature reference
Kadlitan - Waray (Philippines) Philippines(Catbalogan, Samar) Click here to show the literature reference
Surahan - Waray (Philippines) Philippines(Catbalogan, Samar) Click here to show the literature reference
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Acanthuridae FishBase
Genus Acanthurus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: oceanic islands in the western Indian Ocean to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Rapa.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: In Bloch & Schneider. Author from Eschmeyer (CofF 1998: Ref. 26282).
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=4736
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fc2d402f-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401

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