Species Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Blue Tang, Blue Surgeon, Blue Surgeonfish, Flag-tail Surgeon-fish, Indo-pacific Bluetang, Palette Surgeonfish, Palette Tang, Wedgetailed Blue Tang
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1853.11.12.101, Ambon, Indonesia (as sea of the Indies); LS 84, Ambon, Indonesia (as sea of the Indies).Type locality references:
Wheeler, A. 1958. The Gronovius fish collection: a catalogue and historical account. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series 1(5): 185-249 [230]; Wheeler, A. 1985. The Linnaean fish collection in the Linnaean Society of London. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 84: 1-76 [67].
Generic Combinations
- Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766). —
Bleeker, P. 1863. Deuxième notice sur la faune ichthyologique de l'île de Flores. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 1: 248-252 [252] (changed combination as type of genus Paracanthurus)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Northern Great Barrier Reef, QLD (12°00'S) to Solitary Islands, NSW (29°56'S) and Lihou Reef, Coral Sea (17°23'S), also Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 [18]
- Oxley, W.G., Emslie, M., Muir, P. & Thompson, A.A. 2004. Marine surveys undertaken in the Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve, March 2004. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Science i-vii, 1-67 pp. [53]
- Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2 [344]
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
2-25 m.
General References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [1035] (Vol III)
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. [3681]
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [228] (Indo-pacific Bluetang)
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [345] (Wedgetailed Blue Tang)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [371] (Blue Surgeon)
Kuiter, R.H. & Debelius, H. 2001. Surgeonfishes, Rabbitfishes and Their Relatives. A comprehensive guide to Acanthuroidei. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 208 pp. [69] (Blue Surgeonfish)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [333] (Flag-tail Surgeon-fish)
Randall, J.E. 2001. Surgeonfishes of Hawai'i and the World. Honolulu : Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press 125 pp. [96] (Palette Tang)
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. [3681] (FAO) (Palette Surgeonfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Blue Tang)
History of changes
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) |