Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Acanthurus hirudo Bennett, 1829, Acanthurus pentazona Bleeker, 1850, Acanthurus subarmatus Bennett, 1840, Acanthurus triostegus marquesensis Schultz & Woods, 1948, Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis Streets, 1877, Acanthurus triostegus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758), Acanthurus zebra Lacepède, 1802, Chaetodon couaga Lacepède, 1802, Chaetodon triostegus Linnaeus, 1758, Harpurus fasciatus Forster, 1801, Hepatus sandvicensis (Streets, 1877), Hepatus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758), Rhombotides pentazona (Bleeker, 1850), Rhombotides triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758), Teuthis australis Gray, 1827, Teuthis elegans Garman, 1899, Teuthis sandvicensis (Streets, 1877), Teuthis triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758), Teuthis troughtoni Whitley, 1928, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution: Indo-Pacific; off mainland Costa Rica, and at Clipperton, Cocos, Revillegigedos and Ecuador in Galápagos islands.Tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Americas, mouth of the Gulf of California to Ecuador, all the oceanic islands of the Eastern Pacifc.

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