Acanthurus tristis Tickell, 1888 Indian Ocean

Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil & Tudu, Prasad Chandra, 2017, An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 4-4 : 4-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913933

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B20633-FF8A-FFC6-FCA1-E80CFA748671

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scientific name

Acanthurus tristis Tickell, 1888 Indian Ocean
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40. Acanthurus tristis Tickell, 1888 Indian Ocean View in CoL mimic surgeonfish (Figure 41)

Materials examined: 3ex, TL 209-293mm, Reg. no. ZSI/ MARC /F 757, Digha Mohana.

Description: D: VIII, 233; A: III, 22-29. Body deep and compressed; Margin of caudal fin narrow and white. No orange area behind gill opening and extending ventrally behind base of pectoral fins. Occurs in shallow lagoon and seaward reefs, in areas of mixed coral, rock or sand.

Distribution: Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea west to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago, and east to islands of southern Indonesia at least to Bali.

IUCN Status (2012): Least Concern ( LC).

Remarks: The fish has a commercial value.Ornamental.

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