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has an oval compressed body with a steep dorsal profile on the head with the eye positioned high on the head. The teeth are moderately large, set closely, flattened with strongly serrated edges. The
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Pacific Ocean along the western coasts of Central and South America between Costa Rica in the north and Colombia in the south, as well as around
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but there is uncertainty about the taxonomic identity represented by these records. It occurs on reefs in shallow water where it lives insmall groups and feeds on algae.
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608:"Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 2): Families EPHIPPIDAE, LEIOGNATHIDAE, SCATOPHAGIDAE, ANTIGONIIDAE, SIGANIDAE, CAPROIDAE, LUVARIDAE, ZANCLIDAE and ACANTHURIDAE"
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634:"Species: Prionurus laticlavius, Razor sawtail"
343:Prionurini which is one of three tribes in the
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521:Prionurus laticlavus
325:Achille Valenciennes
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312:was first formally
249:Prionurus clarionis
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221:Valenciennes, 1846
174:P. laticlavius
53:Conservation status
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387:Description
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966:Prionurus
647:10 August
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494:10 August
360:Etymology
345:subfamily
337:Prionurus
331:given as
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161:Prionurus
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100:Eukaryota
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305:Taxonomy
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120:Chordata
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110:Animalia
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329:biology
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