Summary description from Wikipedia:

Acanthuridae in languages:

Chinese

刺尾鯛科

Czech

bodlokovití

Danish

Kirurgfisk

English

Surgeonfishes, Tangs, and Unicornfishes

English

Surgeonfishes and Tangs

English

Unicornfishes

English

Sawtail Surgeonfishes

French

Poissons-chirurgiens

German

Doktorfische

German

Skalpelldoktorfische

German

Nasendoktorfische

Hebrew

בתרניים

Italian

Pesce Chirurgo

Italian

Pesce unicorno

Japanese

ニザダイ科

Japanese

ニザダイ亜科

Japanese

テングハギ亜科

Polish

Pokolcowate

Portuguese

Peixes-cirurgião e peixes-unicórnio

Russian

Хирурговые

Thai

วงศ์ ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ด

Turkish

Cerrah Balıkları

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Parent Taxon

• Acanthuriformes

Sibling Taxa

• Acanthuridae
• Antigoniidae
• Callanthiidae
• Caproidae
• Cepolidae
• Chaetodontidae
• Dinopercidae
• Drepaneidae
• Emmelichthyidae
• Ephippidae
• Gerreidae
• Haemulidae
• Latilidae
• Leiognathidae
• Lethrinidae
• Lobotidae
• Lutjanidae
• Luvaridae
• Malacanthidae
• Monodactylidae
• Moronidae
• Nemipteridae
• Pomacanthidae
• Priacanthidae
• Scatophagidae
• Sciaenidae
• Siganidae
• Sillaginidae
• Sparidae
• Zanclidae

Child Taxa

• Acanthurus
• Ctenochaetus
• Naso
• Paracanthurus
• Prionurus
• Zebrasoma

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