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View Mode View All Pictures Species Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes    Acanthurus blochii was originally described as Acanthurus blochii by Valenciennes in 1835. It belongs to the family Acanthuridae and subfamily Acanthurinae. It is commonly known as Ringtail surgeonfish but has many other common names such as in Australia as Ringtail surgeonfish, in USA (contiguous states) as Tailring surgeonfish, in Papua New Guinea as Tailring surgeonfish, in Philippines as Labahita, in South Africa as Stertring-doktervis, in South Africa as Tailring surgeon. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and South Africa, Aldabra, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands and Society Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands, south to Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   blochii AuthorWI   Valenciennes [A.] AuthorNI   Valenciennes Qualification   in Cuvier & Valenciennes Year   1835 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Acanthuriformes Acanthuriformes Family   Acanthuridae Subfamily   Acanthurinae Acanthurinae Genus   Acanthurus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Acanthuriformes Family   Acanthuridae Subfamily   Acanthurinae Genus   Acanthurus Original Name   Acanthurus         Taxon Name   blochii Original Combination   Acanthurus blochii Original Genus   Acanthurus Original Genus Species   Acanthurus blochii OriginalSubGenus   Acanthurus Original Author   Valenciennes Original AuthorWI   Valenciennes [A.] Original Qualification   in Cuvier & Valenciennes Original Year   1835 Original Family   Acanthuridae Original SubFamily   Acanthurinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean; Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Types   Syntypes: MNHN (apparently lost), ZMB 1733 (3) Indian Ocean. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Bauchot & Randall 1996:65 [ref. 22195], Paepke 1999:41 [ref. 24282]. Primary Code   --- Journal   Hist. Nat. Poiss. Citation   v. 10 Page   209 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Acanthurus blochii Current Species   blochii Current Genus   Acanthurus Current AuthorWI   Valenciennes [A.] Current AuthorNI   Valenciennes Current Year   1835 Current Family   Acanthuridae Current Subfamily   Acanthurinae Acanthurinae Habitat   reef-associated         Water   Salt water Habitat Notes   Occurs in outer lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds primarily on the algal film covering compacted sand, ingesting the usual component of sand which probably aids in the trituration of the algal food in the thick-walled stomach, Also feeds on diatoms and detr Depth Range   From 1 to 12 meters.     Distribution   Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and South Africa, Aldabra, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands and Society Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands, south to Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia. Current Summary   Valid as Acanthurus blochii  Valenciennes 1835. Acanthuridae.   Name History   • Questionably a synonym of Acanthurus mata  Cuvier 1829 -- (Randall 1956:219 [ref. 12221]). • Synonym of Acanthurus xanthopterus  Valenciennes 1835 -- (Dor 1984:255 [ref. 29757]). • Valid as Acanthurus blochii  Valenciennes 1835 -- (Randall 1986:813 [ref. 5706], Randall 1988:59 [ref. 14257], Randall et al. 1990:421 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:228 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:421 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:269 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:535 [ref. 24106], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1330 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:425 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:123 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:49 [ref. 26232], Randall 2001:3664 [ref. 26301], Nakabo 2002:1330 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:646 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3330 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:400 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:575 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:486 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1734 [ref. 29094], Randall 2007:420 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:106 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:226 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1019 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections   Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 8 (195 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2345678 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   achilles Acanthurus achilles Shaw [G.] 1803 Valid albipectoralis Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen [G. R.] & Ayling [A. M.] 1987 Valid albofasciatus Acanthurus albofasciatus Ehrenberg [C. G.] in Rüppell 1829 Not available aliala Acanthurus aliala Lesson [R. P.] 1831 Synonym altivelis Acanthurus altivelis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835 Synonym annularis Acanthurus annularis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835 Synonym aquilinus Acanthurus aquilinus (Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906) Synonym argenteus Acanthurus argenteus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825 Synonym armiger Acanthurus armiger Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835 Synonym aterrimus Acanthurus aterrimus Günther [A.] 1872 Synonym atramentatus Acanthurus atramentatus (Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1905) Not available atrimentatus Acanthurus atrimentatus (Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903) Synonym auranticavus Acanthurus auranticavus Randall [J. E.] 1956 Valid aurolineatus Acanthurus aurolineatus Day [F.] 1876 Synonym australis Acanthurus australis (Gray [J. E.] 1827) Synonym bahianus Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau [F. L. de] 1855 Valid barav Acanthurus barav Montrouzier [X.] 1857 Not available bariene Acanthurus bariene Lesson [R. P.] 1831 Valid bicommatus Acanthurus bicommatus Smith [J. L. B.] 1956 Synonym bipunctatus Acanthurus bipunctatus Günther [A.] 1861 Synonym bishopi Acanthurus bishopi (Bryan [W. A.] & Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1903) Synonym bleekeri Acanthurus bleekeri Günther [A.] 1861 Synonym blochii Acanthurus blochii Bennett [E. T.] 1836 Synonym brevis Acanthurus brevis Poey [F.] 1860 Synonym broussonnetii Acanthurus broussonnetii Desmarest [A. G.] 1823 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 8 (195 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2345678 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…