Acanthurinae

Acanthurinae
Acanthurus sohal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Subfamily: Acanthurinae
Bonaparte, 1835[1]
Tribes and Genera

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Acanthurus lineatus
Acanthurus tennenti
Acanthurus coeruleus
Ctenochaetus tominiensis
Paracanthurus hepatus
Zebrasoma veliferum

Acanthurinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acanthuridae, found in the Indo-Pacific and the tropical Atlantic. These fishes commonly have the English names surgeonfishes or tangs.

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.