Acanthurus thompsoni Chocolate Surgeonfish, Night Surgeonfish, Thompson's Surgeonfish, Thompson's Tang, Whitetail Surgeonfish

Acanthurus thompsoniis commonly referred to as Chocolate Surgeonfish, Night Surgeonfish, Thompson's Surgeonfish, Thompson's Tang, Whitetail Surgeonfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 1200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

533 

AphiaID:

219646 

Scientific:

Acanthurus thompsoni 

German:

Weißschwanz-Doktor 

English:

Chocolate Surgeonfish, Night Surgeonfish, Thompson's Surgeonfish, Thompson's Tang, Whitetail Surgeonfish 

Category:

Surgeonfishes & Tangs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Acanthuridae (Family) > Acanthurus (Genus) > thompsoni (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fowler, ), 1923 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Austral Islands, Australia, Bakers Island, Bali, Bangladesh, Borneo (Kalimantan), British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Caroline Island, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, Fiji, Flores, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Gilbert Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Hawaii, Howland Island, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Johnston Atoll, Kenya, Kiribati, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lesser Sunda Islands, Line Islands, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Phoenix Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Rapa, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Andaman Sea, The Bangai Archipelago, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Nicobar Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Togean Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

4 - 119 Meter 

Size:

up to 10.63" (27 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Krill, Mysis, Nori-Algae 

Tank:

263.97 gal (~ 1200L) 

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Acanthurus achilles
  Achilles - Doktor
• 
  Acanthurus albipectoralis
  Weißflossen-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus auranticavus
  Ringschwanz Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus bahianus
  Ozean-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus bariene
  Augenfleck-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus blochii
  Blochs Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus chirurgus
  Streifen-Doktor
• 
  Acanthurus chronixis
  Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus coeruleus
  Blauer-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus dussumieri
  Dussumieres Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus fowleri
  Hufeisen-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus gahhm
  Mönchs-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus grammoptilus
  Nadelstreifen-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus guttatus
  Brandungs-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus japonicus
  Japanischer Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus leucocheilus
  Weisslippen-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus leucopareius
  Weißkragendoktor
• 
  Acanthurus leucosternon
  Weißkehldoktor
• 
  Acanthurus lineatus
  Blaustreifen Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus maculiceps
  Punktgesicht-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus mata
  Augenfleck-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus monroviae
  Ostatlantischer Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus nigricans
  Samtdoktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus nigricauda
  Achselklappen-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus nigrofuscus
  Brauner Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus nigroris
  Graukopf-Doktor
• 
  Acanthurus nubilus
  Nadelstreifen-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus olivaceus
  Orangefleck-Doktor
• 
  Acanthurus polyzona
  Schwarzstreifen Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus pyroferus
  Schokoladen- oder Mimikrydoktor
• 
  Acanthurus reversus
  Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus sohal
  Arabischer-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus tennentii
  Kreisdorn - Doktor
• 
  Acanthurus thompsoni
  Weißschwanz-Doktor
• 
  Acanthurus triostegus
  Gitter-Doktorfisch, Sträflings-Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus tristis
  Indik-Mimikrydoktor
• 
  Acanthurus xanthopterus
  Gelbmasken-Doktor
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More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Acanthurus achilles x nigricans
  Doktorfisch-Hybrid (Acanthurus achilles x nigricans)
• 
  Acanthurus albimento
  Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus leucosternon hybrid
  Pazifik Weißkehldoktor Hybride
• 
  Acanthurus leucosternon x nigricans
  Hybrid Doktorfisch
• 
  Acanthurus triostegus x Acanthurus polyzona
  Acanthurus triostegus x Acanthurus polyzona (Hybrid)

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-09 19:53:07 

Last edit:

2020-04-18 07:35:23 

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