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Acanthurus leucopareius

Species of fish

Summary

Species of fish

| Teuthis leucopareius | Jenkins, 1903 | Hepatus leucopareius | (Jenkins, 1903) | Teuthis bishopi | Bryan & Herre, 1903 | Teuthis umbra | Jenkins, 1903 | Hepatus umbra | (Jenkins, 1903)

Acanthurus leucopareius, the whitebar surgeonfish or headband surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Acanthurus leucopareius was first formally described in 1903 as Teuthis leucopareius by the American physiologist, histologist and naturalist Oliver Peebles Jenkins with its type locality given as Honolulu on Oahu in Hawaii. The genus Acanthurus is one of two genera in the tribe Acanthurini which is one of three tribes in the subfamily Acanthurinae which is one of two subfamilies in the family Acanthuridae.

Etymology

Acanthurus leucopareius has the specific name leucopareius, this combines the Greek words leukos, meaning "white", and pareius, meaning "cheek", this refers to the vertical pale band running over the operculum.

Description

Acanthurus leucopareius has its dorsal fin supported by 9 spines and between 25 and 27 soft rays while the anal fin is supported by 3 spines and 23 to 25 soft rays. This species has a maximum total length of 25 cm.

Distribution and habitat

Acanthurus leucopareius has an anti-tropical distribution in the Pacific Ocean. In the Northern Pacific Ocean it occurs in the Marianas Islands, Marcus Island, southern Japan and Hawaii while in the Southern Pacific it is found at New Caledonia, Rapa Iti, Tuamotus, Pitcairn Islands and Easter Island. This species is found in the surge zone in areas of where there are boulders at depths between 1 and where it aggregates in small groups and grazes on filamentous algae.

References

References

  1. Abesamis, R.. (2012). "''Acanthurus leucopareius''".
  2. {{FishBase. Acanthurus. leucoppareius. (2023)
  3. {{Cof genus
  4. (2016). "Fishes of the World". Wiley.
  5. (12 January 2021). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 2): Families EPHIPPIDAE, LEIOGNATHIDAE, SCATOPHAGIDAE, ANTIGONIIDAE, SIGANIDAE, CAPROIDAE, LUVARIDAE, ZANCLIDAE and ACANTHURIDAE". Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.
  6. [[John Ernest Randall. (2001). "The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 6: Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals". FAO Rome.
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