FB-4736 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4736 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acanthuriformes Acanthuridae Acanthurus Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801 Isaseb Indangan Hvidplettet kirurgfisk Mustard surgeonfish Mustard tang Spotband surgeonfish Spotted surgeonfish Spotted tang White-spotted surgeon Whitespotted surgeonfish White-spotted surgeonfish Alpota Balagi Be'abe'a Bebe Ika loa Ika via Qwaraga ni viwa Tabace Tabace ni cakau Tabace ni jia Tabacenitoga Yaqwatu lolo Chirurgien moucheté Api Gomaniza Wotwot Botana mutiara Hapi Maogo Api Indangan Labahita Baba Bakwak Hamoktan Iga balo Kadlitan Kapalagi Labahita Maa Meito Mongit Mungit Palagi Palangi Parapar Parepar Patupatu pō Pongo Sovahan Surahan Te api Te baba 斑点刺尾鱼 斑点刺尾鲷 斑點刺尾魚 斑點刺尾鯛 白点倒吊 粗皮仔 Harpurus guttatus (Forster, 1801) Hepatus guttatus (Forster, 1801) Rhombotides guttatus (Forster, 1801) Teuthis guttatus (Forster, 1801) Zabrasoma guttatus (Forster, 1801) 1991-11-26 2023-06-15 Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4736 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Acgut_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Acgut_u0.jpg FB-pic-4736-9669 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-03-05 2000-11-13 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4736 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Acgut_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Acgut_u1.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-4736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-11-26 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4736 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Occurs in surge zone of clear seaward reefs (Ref. 9710, 58302). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302); mainly oceanic and found schooling in shallow depths over reef flats subject to surge or currents (Ref. 48637). Browses on filamentous and calcareous algae. Forms schools. Randall, J.E. 1956 A revision of the surgeonfish genus <i>Acanthurus</i>. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235. (Ref. 1920) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-12-02 00:00:00 1995-09-14 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4736 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Preserved color is brown; spotted, white spots usually bordered with dark brown (may help conceal it in turbulent water that is often filled with small bubbles). Pelvic fins bright yellow. Each side of caudal peduncle with a single, sharp, forward-pointing erectile spine. Gill rakers on anterior row: 21-24; gill rakers on posterior row: 19-23. Randall, J.E. 1956 A revision of the surgeonfish genus <i>Acanthurus</i>. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235. (Ref. 1920) FB-Morphology-4736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-12-02 00:00:00 1995-09-14 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4736 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27 - 30; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 23 - 26 Randall, J.E. 1956 A revision of the surgeonfish genus <i>Acanthurus</i>. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235. (Ref. 1920) FB-Distribution-4736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-11-26 00:00:00 2023-11-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4736 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Indo-Pacific: oceanic islands in the western Indian Ocean to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Rapa. Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Uses-4736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-11-26 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4736 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Titcomb, M. 1972 Native use of fish in Hawaii. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 175 p. Miyasaka, A. 1993 A database on scientific and common names of fishes exported from Hawaii. The information was derived from the above mentioned database. A printout of the names is also available from the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, 1151 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Ref. 5358) FB-TrophicStrategy-4736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-12-02 00:00:00 2014-02-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public guttatus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Found in turbulent waters in shallow reef areas. In atolls, commonly found schooling in surge areas. Is both a browser and a grazer (Ref. 275). Randall, J.E. 1956 A revision of the surgeonfish genus <i>Acanthurus</i>. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235. (Ref. 1920) FB-Size-4736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-11-26 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4736 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases 26.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-11-26 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4736 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 10 m (Ref. 128797) Coleman, R., J.M. Copus, D.M. Coffey, R.K. 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