Real doctor fish

Real doctor fish
Arabian surgeonfish ( Acanthurus sohal )
Systematics
Spinefish (Acanthopterygii) Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae) Order : Surgeonfish (Acanthuriformes) Family : Surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) Subfamily : Scalpel doctor fish (Acanthurinae) Genre : Real doctor fish
Scientific name
Acanthurus
Forsskål , 1775

Real Doktorfische ( Acanthurus ) is a rich variety of species of the family doctor fish (Acanthuridae). Their preferred habitat are coral reefs , shallow lagoons and reef edges of tropical seas, where they mainly feed on algae . Because of their attractive coloring, they are often shown in public aquariums. However, they are extremely difficult to keep, as many species have a pronounced swimming instinct and need a correspondingly large pool. They are also aggressive towards many other types of fish and have high demands on their diet and water quality.

species

Acanthurus xanthopterus

Acanthurus coeruleus

Acanthurus triostegus with the Hawaiian cleaner wrasse ( Labroides phthirophagus )

• Species group achilles
  • Achilles surgeonfish ( A. achilles ) Shaw, 1803.
  • Acanthurus chronixis Randall, 1960.
  • Japanese surgeonfish ( A. japonicus ) (Schmidt, 1931).
  • Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre, 1927.
  • Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Chocolate surgeonfish ( A. pyroferus ) Kittlitz, 1834.
  • Acanthurus tristis Tickell, 1888.
• Species group linelatus
  • Acanthurus albimento Carpenter et al., 2017.
  • Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen & Ayling, 1987.
  • Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956.
  • Acanthurus bariene Lesson, 1831.
  • Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835.
  • Eye stripe surgeonfish ( A. dussumieri ) Valenciennes, 1835.
  • Acanthurus fowleri de Beaufort, 1951.
  • Monk doctor fish ( A. gahm ) Duncker & Mohr, 1929.
  • Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson, 1843.
  • White-throated surgeonfish ( A. leucocheilus ) Herre, 1927.
  • Blue stripe surgeonfish ( A. lineatus ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Acanthurus maculiceps (Ahl, 1923).
  • Acanthurus mata Cuvier, 1829.
  • Shoulder flap Doktorfisch ( A. nigricauda ) Duncker & Mohr 1929
  • Goldspot surgeonfish ( A. nigrofuscus ) (Forsskål, 1775)
  • Acanthurus nubilus (Fowler & Bean, 1929).
  • Orange-spot surgeonfish ( A. olivaceus ) Bloch & Schneider, 1801.
  • Arabian surgeonfish ( A. sohal ) (Forsskål, 1775)
  • Circular thorn surgeonfish ( A. tennenti ) Günther, 1861.
  • Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923).
  • Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835.
• Species group Bahianus
  • Ocean surgeonfish ( A. bahianus ) Castelnau, 1855.
  • Striped surgeonfish ( A. chirurgus ) (Bloch, 1787)
  • Blue surgeonfish ( A. coeruleus ) Bloch & Schneider, 1801.
  • Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876.
  • Acanthurus tractus F. Poey , 1860
  • Acanthurus randalli Briggs & Caldwell, 1957.
• Species group Triostegus
  • Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801.
  • Acanthurus leucopareius (Jenkins, 1903)
  • Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835.
  • Mauritius lattice surgeonfish ( Acanthurus polyzona ) Bleeker, 1868
  • Convict surgeonfish ( A. triostegus ) Linnaeus, 1758

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Acanthurus bahianus in the IUCN 2017-3 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Choat, JH, Abesamis, R., Clements, KD, McIlwain, J., Myers, R., Nanola, C., Rocha, LA, Russell, B. & Stockwell, B., 2010-05-03 .

literature

• André Luty: Doctor fish - way of life - care - species. Dähne, Ettlingen 1999, ISBN 3-921684-61-7

Web links

Commons : Acanthurus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Acanthurus on Fishbase.org (English)