Acanthurus japonicus

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Acanthurus japonicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Acanthurus
Species:
A. japonicus
Binomial name
Acanthurus japonicus
(Schmidt, 1931)
Synonyms [2]
  • Hepatus aliala japonicus Schmidt, 1931

Acanthurus japonicus, the Japan surgeonfish, white-faced surgeonfish, gold rim tang, powder brown tang and white-nose surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes or tangs. This fish is found in the Western Pacific Ocean.

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Taxonomy

Acanthurus japonicus was first formally described as Hepatus aliala japonicus in 1931 by the Soviet ichthyologist Peter Yulevich Schmidt with its type locality given as Kominato on Amami-Oshima in the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan. [3] The genus Acanthurus is one of two genera in the tribe Acanthurini which is one of three tribes in the subfamily Acanthurinae which is one of two subfamilies in the family Acanthuridae. [4]

Description

Acanthurus japonicus has a laterally compressed oval body with long based dorsal and anal fins. [5] 9 spines and between 28 and 31 soft rays support the dorsal fin while the anal fin is supported by 3 spines and between 26 and 29 soft rays. [2] The colour of this fish varies with the emotional state of the fish and may be brown, diffused with blue through to almost yellow but its most notable feature is a wide white band extending from the lower part of the orbit to the upper lip. There is a pink band along the soft-rayed part of the dorsal fin. [5] The caudal peduncle is black with a yellow base. The caudal fin is truncate [2] and the pectoral fins have yellow bases. [5] This species has a maximum published total length 21 cm (8.3 in). [2]

Distribution and habitat

Acanthurus japonicus is found in the Western PacificOcean from southern Japan south to Sulawesi in Indonesia. [1] This species occurs in small schools at depths between 1 and 20 m (3 ft 3 in and 65 ft 7 in) in clear water on lagoon and seaward reefs. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Abesamis, R.; Clements, K.D.; McIlwain, J.; et al. (2012). "Acanthurus japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T177977A1508957. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T177977A1508957.en . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Acanthurus japonicus" in FishBase. June 2023 version.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acanthurus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 497–502. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6.
  5. 1 2 3 Giuseppe Mazza. "Acanthurus japonicus". Monaco Nature Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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