Paracanthurus hepatus

Familia: Acanthuridae
Genus: Paracanthurus
Species:

• Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766: 507)
  • Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.101 (1, skin), LS 84 (left half-skin)
  • Type locality: "Mare indico" [erroneous, is Ambon Island, Moluccas/Maluku, Indonesia; source: CoF]

• Teuthis hepatus [original combination]
• Acanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Acanthurus theuthis Lacepède, 1802
• Paracanthurus theuthis (Lacepède, 1802)
• Acanthurus teuthis Shaw, 1803
• Acronurus fuscus Gronow in Gray, 1854
• Acronurus carneus Poey, 1860

• Linnaeus, C. 1766: Systema Naturae, Ed. XII. Systema naturæ sive regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ [Stockholm]. 12th ed., 1 (1): 1–532.
• Bleeker, P. 1863: Deuxième notice sur la faune ichthyologique de l'île de Flores. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 1: 248–252. BHL

• 6017 in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Paracanthurus hepatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Paracanthurus hepatus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Paracanthurus hepatus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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