Incertae Sedis
- Acronurus formosus Castelnau, F.L. de 1873. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 6. Notes on fishes from Knob Island. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 2: 98-109 [104] [listed as a possible synonym of Acanthurus achilles by Bauchot & Randall 1996, but that central Pacific species is not known from Australia].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP A.7096 (locality uncertain, but is possibly Nob Island, in north Queensland; sometimes listed as Noble Island, which is well south of Torres Strait), Knob Island, Torres Strait, Queensland.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP 1995-0960; NMV 51869.Subsequent designation references:
Bauchot, M.-L. & Randall, J.E. 1996. Catalogue des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle. (Suite). Families des Acanthuridae et des Zanclidae. Cybium 20(1): 55-74 [60].Type locality references:
McCulloch, A.R. 1918. Four Queensland fishes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 91-96 figs 27-30 [96]. - Naseus strigatus De Vis, C.W. 1884. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(3): 537-547 [539] [placed in Zebrasoma by McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145-329 (273)].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, QLD. - Teuthis spinifrons Whitley, G.P. 1953. Studies in Ichthyology No. 16. Records of the Australian Museum 23(3): 133-138 figs 1-4 [137, figs 3-4] [juveniles of undetermined species of Acanthurus].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.6419, Maroubra Beach, Sydney, NSW.
Paratype(s) AM IA.707; AM IA.3822; AM IA.6039; AM IA.6453; AM IB.2519; AM IB.2909; AM IB.2909; AM IB.2931; AM IB.2935.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 11-Jun-2013 | 11-Jun-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |