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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Prionurus biafraensis (Blache & Rossignol, 1962) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prionurus chrysurus Randall, 2001 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| razor surgeonfishPrionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes, 1846) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prionurus maculatus Ogilby, 1887 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prionurus microlepidotus Lacepède, 1804 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prionurus scalprum Valenciennes, 1835 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zebrasoma desjardinii (Bennett, 1836) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellow tangZebrasoma flavescens (Bennett, 1828) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted tangZebrasoma gemmatum (Valenciennes, 1835) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zebrasoma rostratum (Günther, 1875) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| twotone tangZebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zebrasoma velifer (Bloch, 1795) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| purple tangZebrasoma xanthurum (Blyth, 1852) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.