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 Acanthuridaeᵀ - surgeonfishes and unicornfishes
Genus Acanthurusᵀ 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