Acanthurus tristis Tickell, 1888
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289 |
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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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Felipe |
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Acanthurus tristis Tickell, 1888 |
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40. Acanthurus tristis Tickell, 1888 View in CoL
Indian Ocean 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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