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

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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)

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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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(Fowler, 1923)

Very rare surgeon.
Needs plankton
Keeping like other Acanthurus.

Synonym:
Acanthurus philippinus Herre, 1927
Hepatus philippinus (Herre, 1927)
Hepatus thompsoni Fowler, 1923
Teuthis thompsoni (Fowler, 1923)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Acanthuridae (Family) > Acanthurus (Genus) > Acanthurus thompsoni (Species)

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