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CAAB: 37437018

Species Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923)

Night Surgeonfish, Night Surgeon, Thompson's Surgeonfish, Whitetail Surgeonfish

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals (17°20'S) and Scott Reef (14°03'S), WA, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea (12°15'S), Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and northern Great Barrier Reef (12°00'S) to Escape Reef (15°50'S), QLD, also Coringa-Herald Cays and Lihou Reef, Coral Sea; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

4-75 m.

 

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)
11-Jun-2013 11-Jun-2013 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)