Acanthurus ovalis Agassiz 1839 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1839. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (10me, 12me livraison) 1-16*

Belongs to Acanthurus according to L. Agassiz 1839

See also Agassiz 1842, Agassiz 1843, Bannikov 2014, Blot and Tyler 1990 and Carnevale et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Acanthurus canossae, Acanthurus gaudryi, Acanthurus gazolae, Acanthurus tenuis

Ecology: fast-moving aquatic grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acanthurus ovalis in the database

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