Species Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833
Powderblue Surgeonfish
- Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, E.T. 1833. Characters of new species of fishes from Ceylon. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1832(2): 182-184 [183].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1855.12.26.442 (possibly a syntype), Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands; tropical, Indian (east to western Indonesia)
IMCRA
Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
1-25 m.
General References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [1021] (Vol III)
Randall, J.E. 1956. A revision of the surgeon fish genus Acanthurus. Pacific Science 10(2): 159-235 figs 1-23 pls 1-3 [198]
Randall, J.E. 2001. Zanclidae, Acanthuridae. pp. 3651-3683 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3664]
Common Name References
Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [229] (Powderblue Surgeonfish)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Apr-2012 | ADDED |