Paracanthurus hepatus is a species of Indo-Pacific surgeonfish. A popular fish in marine aquaria, it is the only member of the genus Paracanthurus. A number...
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Winterbottom delineated it as consisting of the two genera Zebrasomus and Paracanthurus, alongside the monotypic tribe Prionurini and with the remaining two...
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Prionurus Lacépède, 1804 Tribe Zebrasomini Winterbottom, 1993 Genus Paracanthurus Bleeker, 1863 Genus Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839 There are several extinct...
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leucosternon, a surgeonfish usually found in the tropical Indian Ocean Paracanthurus, a surgeonfish usually found in the tropical Pacific Ocean Blue eyed...
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species of the genus. T. hepatus is a synonym of Paracanthurus hepatus and this would make Paracanthurus synonymous with Acanthurus. An alternative would...
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Ryozo Fujii (1998). "The Blue Coloration of the Common Surgeonfish, Paracanthurus hepatus—II. Color Revelation and Color Changes". Zoological Science...
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species of the genus. T. hepatus is a synonym of Paracanthurus hepatus and this would make Paracanthurus synonymous with Acanthurus. An alternative would...
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Prionurini and with the remaining two Acanthurine genera, Zebrasoma and Paracanthurus, being classified in the tribe Zebrasomini. These tribes make up the...
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glauca Y Y Blue striped grunt Haemulon sciurus Y Y Blue surgeonfish Paracanthurus hepatus Y Y Blue tang Acanthurus coeruleus Y Y Blue tilapia Oreochromis...
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tristis Yes Gold rim tang Acanthurus nigricans Yes Regal / Hippo tang Paracanthurus hepatus Yes Very prone to Cryptocaryon irritans. More tolerant of other...
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