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Australian Faunal Directory FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/9581991b-9a2b-4e64-9117-53fab512863e/ Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthurus&speciesname=nigrofuscus ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthurus&speciesname=nigrofuscus http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthurus&speciesname=nigrofuscus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthurus&speciesname=nigrofuscus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthurus&speciesname=nigrofuscus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Acanthurus-nigrofuscus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Ctenochaetus binotatus Species in    Acanthurus Species in    Acanthuridae - Classification - Acanthurinae Acanthuridae Acanthuriformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Acanthurus nigrofuscus ( Forsskål , 1775 ) Brown surgeonfish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Acanthurus nigrofuscus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Google image Acanthurus nigrofuscus Picture by Malaer, P. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Acanthurinae Etymology: Acanthurus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Forsskål . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory (Ref. 56001 ); depth range 0 - 25 m (Ref. 48637 ), usually 2 - 25 m (Ref. 27115 ). Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115 ); 31°N - 34°S, 3°E - 123°W Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Transkei, South Africa (Ref. 3145 ) and east to the Hawaiian and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, and Rapa (Austral Islands). Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m 12.0 , range 10 - 14 cm Max length : 21.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24-27; Anal spines : 3; Anal soft rays : 22 - 24. Brown in color when preserved; with or without fine bluish gray longitudinal lines on body; pale pectoral fins with upper edge narrowly black; pelvic fins brown. Lips blackish brown; median upper teeth tend to be pointed. Dorsal fin base with a prominent black spot larger than 1/2 eye diameter; a smaller spot on base of anal fin. Groove of caudal spine encircled with a narrow black margin. Gill rakers on anterior row:20-24; on posterior row:18-23. Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Found on hard substrates of shallow lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of more than 15 m (Ref. 27825 ). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302 ). Feed on filamentous algae. Form spawning aggregations (Ref. 27825 , 48637 ). Adults usually in small groups, but form large schools in some oceanic locations. Juveniles are often seen in mixed species aggregations (Ref. 48637 ). Species at the bottom of the 'pecking order' among surgeon fishes, and as a result employs the strategy of feeding in large schools that overwhelm the territorial defenses of other herbivores (Ref. 1602 ). Caught with nets (Ref. 30573 ). Can be eaten both raw and cooked (Ref. 7364 ). Maximum depth reported at 25m (Ref. 027115 ) Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Form spawning aggregations (Ref. 27825 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Randall, John E. | Collaborators Randall, J.E. , 1956. A revision of the surgeonfish genus Acanthurus . Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235. (Ref. 1920 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 04 May 2010 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 31637 ) Human uses Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. Sounds Ciguatera Speed Swim. type Gill area Otoliths Brains Vision Tools Bio-Quiz | E-book | Field guide | Identification keys | Length-frequency wizard | Life-history tool | Point map | Classification Tree | Catch-MSY | Special reports Check for Aquarium maintenance | Check for Species Fact Sheets | Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets Download XML Summary page | Point data | Common names | Photos Internet sources AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes : genus , species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome , nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | National databases | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | Public aquariums | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go , Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record Estimates based on models Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 24.6 - 29, mean 27.7 °C (based on 938 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02512 (0.02049 - 0.03079), b=2.96 (2.92 - 3.00), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  2.0   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=1.00-1.72; tm=2). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Medium . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 84.4 [37.2, 254.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.908 [0.345, 2.248] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.9, 19.3] %; Omega3 = 0.105 [0.048, 0.228] g/100g; Selenium = 16.6 [5.8, 50.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 42 [10, 168] μg/100g; Zinc = 3.34 [1.04, 6.25] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-06-16 19:10:25 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation