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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Acanthuriformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Acanthuridae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Acanthurus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Cirurgião ferradura</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Luitenant-doktervis</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Løjtnant-kirurgfisk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Doubleband surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Leutenant surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Lieutenant surgeon</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Lieutenant surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Rõngasoga-kirurgkala</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Chirurgien fer à cheval</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ml'>Karutha-kotti</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ml'>Neythala</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ml'>Pala</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ml'>കറൂത്ത കൊറ്റി</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ml'>കറുതാ കൊട്ടി  </commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ml'>നെയ് ത്തള  </commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ml'>നെയ്തല</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ml'>പല</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ml'>പാള</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Barat-barat</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Debam</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Debam dua jalur</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Dengkis</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='so'>Kaxan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Sangrador herradura</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Nyeve</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Rykathi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>坦氏刺尾魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>坦氏刺尾鱼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Acanthurus bicommatus Smith, 1956</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Acanthurus olivaceus (non Bloch &amp; Schneider, 1801)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Acanthurus plagiatus Peters, 1876</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Acanthurus tennenti Günther, 1861</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Hepatus sohal (non Forsskål, 1775)</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1990-10-17</dcterms:created>
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	<dc:description>Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs, 1 to over 20 m depth (Ref. 9710, 48637).  Also found in slopes from silty inshore to outer reefs (Ref. 48637).  Solitary or in groups (Ref. 90102). Sometimes occurs in small shoals.  Grazes on benthic algae (Ref. 30573).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1920&amp;speccode=1259'>Randall, J.E. 1956 A revision of the surgeonfish genus &lt;i&gt;Acanthurus&lt;/i&gt;. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235. (Ref. 1920)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Brown in color, specimens up to 12 cm SL with black horseshoe mark on shoulder region breaking into 2 horizontal curved bands in larger specimens; caudal spine surrounded by a black area which is then surrounded by a bluish white area; caudal fin with a white posterior border (Ref. 3145).Description:  Characterized further by having caudal spine length of 2.5-3.8 in head length; greatest depth of body 1.9-2.2 in SL (Ref. 90102).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=3145&amp;speccode=1259'>Randall, J.E. 1986 Acanthuridae. p. 811-823. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3145)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 24;  Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 22 - 23</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=3145&amp;speccode=1259'>Randall, J.E. 1986 Acanthuridae. p. 811-823. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3145)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Indian Ocean:  East Africa to Sri Lanka and the Lesser Sunda Islands of southern Indonesia.  The Red Sea record by Dor (1984, Ref. 2198) is an error.</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='1-56647-561-9' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37792&amp;speccode=1259'>Randall, J.E. 2001 Surgeonfishes of Hawai'i and the world.. Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press, Hawai'i. 123 p. (Ref. 37792)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=3146&amp;speccode=1259'>Randall, J.E. 1984 Acanthuridae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Vol. 1. FAO, Rome. pag. var. (Ref. 3146)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9210'>Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p.</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>31.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 3145))</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=3145&amp;speccode=1259'>Randall, J.E. 1986 Acanthuridae. p. 811-823. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3145)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073'>IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 40 m (Ref. 90102), usually 3 - 25 m (Ref. 27115)</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='9780987260000' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=90102&amp;speccode=1259'>Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27115&amp;speccode=1259'>Baensch, H.A. and H. Debelius 1997 SF457.1 .B3513 1994 Mergus Verlag GmbH, Postfach 86, 49302, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. 3rd edition. (Ref. 27115)</reference></dataObject>
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