Acanthurus tractus
Acanthurus tractus is a species of fish in the family Acanthuridae found in Florida, Bahamas, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.[1][2] However, FishBase considers it synonym of Acanthurus bahianus.[3]
| Acanthurus tractus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Genus: | Acanthurus |
| Species: | A. tractus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthurus tractus F. Poey, 1860 | |
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| Acanthurus tractus range | |
References
- Bernal, Moisés A.; Rocha, Luiz A. (2011). "Acanthurus tractus Poey, 1860, a valid western Atlantic species of surgeonfish (Teleostei, Acanthuridae), distinct from Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855". Zootaxa. 2905 (1): 63–68.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (31 January 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Acanthurus bahianus" in FishBase. October 2016 version.
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