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within the subfamily, the
Acanthurini, Prionurini and Zebrasomoni. The other subfamily in the Acanthuridae is the
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extend into the tropical and subtropical
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Acanthurinae is the nominate subfamily of the family
Acanthuridae which was proposed by the French
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Acanthurinae are mainly found in the Indo-Pacific region but five species in the genus
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Acanthurini surgeonfishes are characterised by having 3 spines in the
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Acanthurinae is subdivided into the following tribes and genera:
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containing 40 species being the most speciose genus.
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567:"Family Acanthurinae"
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179:Acanthurus coeruleus
534:Fishes of the World
435:Acanthurus polyzona
263:Fishes of the World
215:Zebrasoma veliferum
167:Acanthurus tennenti
155:Acanthurus lineatus
16:Subfamily of fishes
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272:monogeneric
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745:Categories
470:References
464:Acanthurus
441:A. folweri
404:Acanthurus
330:Prionurini
301:Acanthurus
230:of marine
425:Prionurus
385:Zebrasoma
343:Prionurus
255:zoologist
228:subfamily
142:see text
128:Bonaparte
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63:Eukaryota
675:Q2291438
669:Wikidata
572:FishBase
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416:anal fin
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389:Swainson
348:Lacépède
306:Forsskål
249:Taxonomy
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83:Chordata
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275:Nasinae
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382:Genus
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340:Genus
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312:Genus
298:Genus
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236:family
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684:NCBI
637:ISBN
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