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Species
Least Concernconvict surgeonfish
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyAcanthuridae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded23,022
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,816
- With media
- 50
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UWFC
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, United States, Philippines, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Acanthurus
- Image
- Convict Surgeonfish, Acanthurus triostegus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Acanthurus triostegus
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Acanthurus triostegus
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons gallery
- Acanthurus triostegus
- taxon common name
- Manini
- has characteristic
- herbivore
- taxon range
- South China Sea
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Acanthurus triostegus, commonly known as convict tang, manini, convict surgeonfish, convict surgeon, or fiveband surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acanthurus triostegus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.