Kinds of SFTEP

Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific

Ross Robertson and Gerald Allen
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Scientific name -- Other names
Acanthuridae -- Sawtails
   Acanthurus achilles G. Shaw, 1803 -- Achilles tang
   Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801 -- Whitespotted surgeonfish
   Acanthurus nigricans C. Linnaeus, 1758 -- Whitecheek surgeonfish
   Acanthurus triostegus C. Linnaeus, 1758 -- Convict tang
   Acanthurus xanthopterus A. Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835 -- Yellowfin surgeonfish
   Ctenochaetus marginatus A. Valenciennes, 1835 -- Striped-fin surgeonfish
   Naso annulatus J. R. C. Quoy and J. P. Gaimard, 1825 -- White-margin unicornfish
   Naso brevirostris G. Cuvier, 1829 -- Spotted unicornfish
   Naso hexacanthus Bleeker, 1855 -- Sleek unicornfish
   Naso lituratus Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- Orangespine unicornfish
   Naso vlamingii A. Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835 -- Vlamings bignose unicornfish
   Prionurus laticlavius A. Valenciennes, 1846 -- Razor surgeonfish
   Prionurus punctatus T. N. Gill, 1862 -- Yellow-tail surgeonfish

Updated: 2012-04-10 19:57:35

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