Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei

Acanthuriformes

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Order group names

Acanthuroidei synonym

Children

Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835
Antigoniidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Caproidae Bonaparte, 1835
Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815
Leiognathidae Gill, 1893
Lobotidae Gill, 1861
Luvaridae Gill, 1885
Siganidae Richardson, 1837

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acanthuriformes. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1517548

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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2021-06-30 by db_admin

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