Summary description from Wikipedia:

Acanthurus japonicus in languages:

Chinese

日本刺尾鯛

Czech

bodlok japonský

English

Japan Surgeonfish

English

Powder Brown Tang

German

Japanischer Doktorfisch

German

Philippinen-Doktorfisch

Italian

Pesce chirurgo giapponese

Italian

Pesce chirurgo marrone

Japanese

ナミダクロハギ

Portuguese

Cirurgião-japonês

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Parent Taxon

• Acanthurus

Sibling Taxa

• Acanthurus achilles
• Acanthurus achilles × nigricans
• Acanthurus albimento
• Acanthurus albipectoralis
• Acanthurus auranticavus
• Acanthurus bahianus
• Acanthurus bariene
• Acanthurus blochii
• Acanthurus chirurgus
• Acanthurus chronixis
• Acanthurus coeruleus
• Acanthurus dussumieri
• Acanthurus fowleri
• Acanthurus gahhm
• Acanthurus grammoptilus
• Acanthurus guttatus
• Acanthurus japonicus
• Acanthurus leucocheilus
• Acanthurus leucopareius
• Acanthurus leucosternon
• Acanthurus lineatus
• Acanthurus maculiceps
• Acanthurus mata
• Acanthurus mindorensis
• Acanthurus monroviae
• Acanthurus nigricans
• Acanthurus nigricans × leucosternon
• Acanthurus nigricauda
• Acanthurus nigrofuscus
• Acanthurus nigroris
• Acanthurus nigros
• Acanthurus nubilus
• Acanthurus olivaceus
• Acanthurus olivaceus × tennentii
• Acanthurus polyzona
• Acanthurus pyroferus
• Acanthurus reversus
• Acanthurus sandvicensis
• Acanthurus sohal
• Acanthurus tennentii
• Acanthurus thompsoni
• Acanthurus tractus
• Acanthurus triostegus
• Acanthurus tristis
• Acanthurus xanthopterus

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