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Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson, 1843

Finelined surgeonfish
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> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Acanthurinae
Etymology: Acanthurus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 22 - 91 m (Ref. 57178). Tropical; 22°N - 30°S, 91°E - 167°W

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Western Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia and northwestern Australia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.6 cm FL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 125599); peso máximo publicado: 1.2 kg (Ref. 125599)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 25 - 26; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 23 - 24. This species is characterize by the following head with small pale (rust colour in life) spots; black around peduncular spine groove of adults extending well ahead of front of spine (by a distance almost as long as spine on a 24.5 cm SL specimen); caudal fin with a very narrow white posterior margin (broader in young); body depth of adults (> 20 cm SL) 2.2.-2.5 times in SL (Ref. 9808); anterior gill rakers 16-18; posterior 21-23; when preserved, color of body brown; head spotted with bands in front of eye; tip of pectoral fin paler than the base; upper end of gill opening with a faint dark brown elongate blotch; dark brown color encircling caudal spine; caudal fin base white (Ref. 1920).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits silty coastal reefs (Ref. 9710). A good food fish (Ref. 3132).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Randall, John E. | Colaboradores

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: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 May 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.3 - 28.3, mean 27.3 °C (based on 191 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.01333 - 0.03937), b=2.96 (2.82 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  2.1   ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 53.7 [22.1, 150.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.724 [0.280, 1.754] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.8, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.109 [0.050, 0.227] g/100g; Selenium = 21.8 [7.6, 65.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 38.7 [8.9, 160.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.67 [0.85, 4.89] mg/100g (wet weight);