Acanthurinae
Acanthurinae is a subfamily of fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, including 55 species in four genera.
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| Acanthurus sohal | |
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| Subfamily: | Acanthurinae |
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Description
Among the species of the genera Acanthurus and Zebrasoma there are small anatomical differences: the first are disc-shaped and have a crescent-shaped tail, while the Zebrasoma species have ovaloid profile and a protruding muzzle.
The fry is transparent and has 13 venomous spines on the spine. The appearance changes when the specimen reaches the size of about 10 cm.
Like all species of the family Acanthuridae, Acanthurinae have a retractable spine on the caudal peduncle. It is very sharp (as a lancet) and it is used as an extreme defense. To emphasize the importance of this spine many species have showy aposematic colors in the caudal peduncle (or even directly a colored lancet).
Species
- Acanthurus achilles
- Acanthurus albipectoralis
- Acanthurus auranticavus
- Acanthurus bahianus
- Acanthurus bariene
- Acanthurus blochii
- Acanthurus chirurgus
- Acanthurus chronixis
- Acanthurus coeruleus
- Acanthurus dussumieri
- Acanthurus fowleri
- Acanthurus gahhm
- Acanthurus grammoptilus
- Acanthurus guttatus
- Acanthurus japonicus
- Acanthurus leucocheilus
- Acanthurus leucopareius
- Acanthurus leucosternon
- Acanthurus lineatus
- Acanthurus maculiceps
- Acanthurus mata
- Acanthurus monroviae
- Acanthurus nigricans
- Acanthurus nigricauda
- Acanthurus nigrofuscus
- Acanthurus nigroris
- Acanthurus nubilus
- Acanthurus olivaceus
- Acanthurus polyzona
- Acanthurus pyroferus
- Acanthurus randalli
- Acanthurus reversus
- Acanthurus sohal
- Acanthurus tennentii
- Acanthurus thompsoni
- Acanthurus triostegus
- Acanthurus tristis
- Acanthurus xanthopterus
- Ctenochaetus binotatus
- Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus
- Ctenochaetus flavicauda
- Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis
- Ctenochaetus marginatus
- Ctenochaetus striatus
- Ctenochaetus strigosus
- Ctenochaetus tominiensis
- Ctenochaetus truncatus
- Paracanthurus hepatus
- Zebrasoma desjardinii
- Zebrasoma flavescens
- Zebrasoma gemmatum
- Zebrasoma rostratum
- Zebrasoma scopas
- Zebrasoma veliferum
- Zebrasoma xanthurum
References
Bibliography
- Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
- André Luty: Doktorfische - Lebensweise - Pflege - Arten. Dähne Verlag, Ettlingen 1999, ISBN 3-921684-61-7
- Andreas Vilcinskas: Meerestiere der Tropen, Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-07943-0
- Helmut Debelius und Rudie H. Kuiter: Doktorfische und ihre Verwandten. Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3669-4