Acanthuridae are a family of ray-finned fish which includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 extant species of marine fish living in tropical …

Acanthuroidei / əˌkænθəˈrɔɪdiːaɪ /, is a group of ray finned fishes which is a suborder of the Acanthuriformes, although older classifications regarded it as a suborder of the Perciformes, …

Acanthurids range in size from 20 to 200 cm and have deep, compressed bodies with small mouths adapted for nibbling and scraping small organisms from the rocks and coral. They are …

Acanthurus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs, found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific …

2023年11月8日 · Here, we explore some of the key aspects of age-based demography in the acanthurids, including growth, reproduction, and mortality, and summarize species-level …

2013年7月1日 · Our relaxed molecular clock analysis reveals Late Paleocene/Early Eocene origin for the acanthurids, which possess a rich fossil record dating back to the Middle Eocene (∼50 …

Although all scarids are basically benthic-feeding-grazers, acanthurids show greater ecological diversity. A number of species, especially in the genera Naso and Acanthurus, are midwater …

2023年9月4日 · Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Acanthuridae), a common fish on the coral reefs of the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan, is considered to be important for maintaining the health of …

2011年2月11日 · The 11 genera of acanthurin and nasin acanthurids known just from Monte Bolca are almost twice as morphologically diverse as is this dominant worldwide group of coral …

A family of tropical marine fishes that live mostly on coral reefs, named for the sharp spine or spines on the tail base (the caudal peduncle). Members of one group have a single spine that …