THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Acanthuridae · Clear filter
63 records · page 1 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen & Ayling, 1987 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus chronixis Randall, 1960 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| eyestripe surgeonfishAcanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson, 1843 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus japonicus (Schmidt, 1931) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre, 1927 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus leucopareius (Jenkins, 1903) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| powder-blue surgeonfishAcanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lined surgeonfishAcanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blue-lined surgeonfishAcanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| backsurgeonfishAcanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| brown surgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluelined surgeonfishAcanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus reversus Randall & Earle, 1999 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red Sea surgeonfishAcanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thompson's surgeonfishAcanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ocean surgeonfishAcanthurus tractus Poey, 1860 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| convict surgeonfishAcanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus tristis Randall, 1993 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| twospot surgeonfishCtenochaetus binotatus Randall, 1955 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus Randall & Clements, 2001 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ctenochaetus flavicauda Fowler, 1938 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ctenochaetus marginatus (Valenciennes, 1835) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lined bristletoothCtenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted surgeonfishCtenochaetus strigosus (Bennett, 1828) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ctenochaetus tominiensis Randall, 1955 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ctenochaetus truncatus Randall & Clements, 2001 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| white margin unicornfishNaso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| humpback unicornfishNaso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted unicornfishNaso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Naso caeruleacauda Randall, 1994 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Naso caesius Randall & Bell, 1992 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Naso elegans (Rüppell, 1829) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| horseface unicornfishNaso fageni Morrow, 1954 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sleek unicornfishNaso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| orangespine unicornfishNaso lituratus (Forster, 1801) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Naso lopezi Herre, 1927 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Naso maculatus Randall & Struhsaker, 1981 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Naso mcdadei Johnson, 2002 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slender unicornNaso minor (Smith, 1966) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Naso reticulatus Randall, 2001 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Naso tergus Ho, Shen & Chang, 2011 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| oneknife unicornfishNaso thynnoides (Cuvier, 1829) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| humpnose unicornfishNaso tuberosus Lacepède, 1801 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Naso unicolor (Günther, 1861) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blue-spine nosefishNaso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| palette surgeonfishParacanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
63 records · page 1 of 2
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.