Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Note: Photographic record. ECUADOR – Galapagos, Rocas Gordon, 00.567°S, 090.143°W; 15 m depth; 11.VII, 2021; C. Cox observer; >100 individuals observed, a group of seven photographed (Robertson et al., 2021). J. McCosker: records doubtful since no specimens known from Galapagos; Syn.: Mesoprion inermis Peters, 1869, Rabirubia inermis (Peters, 1869), fide Appeltan et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

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• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
• Robertson, D. R., Morgan-Estapé, A. L., & Estapé, C. J. (2021) Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829), Elongate Surgeonfish (Acanthuridae), newly recorded in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Check List, 17(6), 1609–1614. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.6.1609