Acanthurus leucosternon: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Acanthurus
Species: Acanthurus leucosternon
Scientific Name: Acanthurus leucosternon

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Acanthurus leucosternon

Acanthurus leucosternon, commonly known as the blue surgeonfish, powder blue tang or powder-blue surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indian Ocean.

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Acanthurus leucosternon in languages:

Afrikaans: Poeierblou-doktervis
Afrikaans: Bloudoktervis
Arabic: باودر بلو
Chinese: 白胸刺尾魚
Czech: bodlok běloprsý
Danish: Hvidstrubet kirurgfisk
Dutch: Witborst doktersvis
Dutch: Witborstdoktersvis
English: Powderblue Surgeonfish
English: Powder Blue Surgeonfish
English: Powder Blue Tang
English: Powderblue Surgeon
English: Painted Surgeon
English: Powder-blue surgeonfish
English: Powder-blue tang
Esperanto: Blankgorĝa kirurgofiŝo
Finnish: Kaulusvälskäri
French: Chirurgien à poitrine blanche
French: Chirurgien poudré
German: Weißkehl-Doktorfisch
German: Weißbrust-Doktorfisch
Hebrew: בתרן כחול
Hungarian: Holdfényű császárhal
Italian: Pesce chirurgo gola bianca
Lithuanian: Baltakrūtis jūrų chirurgas
Polish: Pokolec bialobrody
Polish: Pokolec białobrody
Portuguese: Cirurgião-azul-claro
Portuguese: Cirurgião poeirento
Russian: Белогрудый хирург
Swedish: Vitbröstad Kirurgfisk
Thai: ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ดฟ้าอกขาว

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Acanthurus leucosternon: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Acanthurus leucosternon

Acanthurus leucosternon in languages:

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