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Acanthurus ovalis

Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae

Taxonomy
Acanthurus ovalis was named by Agassiz (1839).

It was recombined as Proacanthurus ovalis by Blot and Tyler (1990), Carnevale et al. (2014) and Bannikov (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Acanthurus ovalis Agassiz p. 13
1842Acanthurus ovalis Agassiz p. 210
1843Acanthurus ovalis Agassiz figs. Pl 19, fig 1
1990Proacanthurus ovalis Blot and Tyler p. 49
2014Proacanthurus ovalis Bannikov p. 29
2014Proacanthurus ovalis Carnevale et al. p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderAcanthuriformes
familyAcanthuridae
genusAcanthurusForskal 1775
speciesovalis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Acanthurus ovalis Agassiz 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: grazerf
Created: 2014-07-31 22:55:33
Modified: 2014-07-31 22:55:50
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Randall 1955
Collections
No collection or age range data are available