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Taxon: Genus Acanthurus Forskål, 1775 (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     [crown] Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       [crown] Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         [crown] Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
                                             Myopterygii - myopterygians
                                               Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                 Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
                                                   Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates
                                                     Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
                                                       [crown] Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                         Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                           Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                             Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                                                               Clupeocephala
                                                                 Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
                                                                   Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                     Infracohort Eurypterygia (Rosen, 1973)
                                                                       Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                         Subsection Acanthomorphata (Rosen, 1973)
                                                                           Euacanthomorpha (Johnson & Patterson, 1993)
                                                                             Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                               Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                 Euacanthopterygii
                                                                                   Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                                                                     Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923, incertae sedis
                                                                                       Family Acanthuridae - surgeonfishes and unicornfishes
                                                                                         Genus Acanthurus Forskål, 1775
                                                                                           Acanthurus achilles Shaw, 1803 - Achilles tang
                                                                                           Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen & Ayling, 1987
                                                                                           Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956
                                                                                           Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 - ocean surgeon
                                                                                           Acanthurus bariene Lesson, 1831 - black-spot surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835 - ringtail surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787) - doctorfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus chronixis Randall, 1960
                                                                                           Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 - blue tang
                                                                                           Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835 - Dussumier's surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus elongatus (Lacepède, 1802)
                                                                                           Acanthurus fowleri de Beaufort, in Weber & de Beaufort, 1951 - Fowler's surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus fuliginosus Lesson, 1831
                                                                                           Acanthurus gahhm (Forsskål, 1775) - black surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson, 1843
                                                                                           Acanthurus guttatus Forster, in Bloch & Schneider, 1801 - mustard surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus japonicus (Schmidt, 1931)
                                                                                           Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre, 1927
                                                                                           Acanthurus leucopareius (Jenkins, 1903) - whitebar surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1832 - powder-blue tang
                                                                                           Acanthurus lineatus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - clown surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus maculiceps (Ahl, 1923)
                                                                                           Acanthurus mata Cuvier, 1829 - striped surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876 - Monrovia doctorfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus nigricans (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - black surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929 - epaulette surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775) - brown surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835 - bluelined surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus nubilus (Fowler & Bean, 1929)
                                                                                           Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 - gendarmefish
                                                                                           Acanthurus polyzona (Bleeker, 1868)
                                                                                           Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834 - chocolate surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus randalli Briggs & Caldwell, 1957 - Gulf surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus reversus Randall & Earle, 1999
                                                                                           Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775) - Red Sea clown surgeon
                                                                                           Acanthurus tennentii Günther, 1861 - lieutenant surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923) - chocolate surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus triostegus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - convict tang
                                                                                           Acanthurus tristis Randall, 1993 - blackcheek surgeonfish
                                                                                           Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835 - purple surgeonfish

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