Acanthurus albipectoralis

Animalia/Chordata/Perciformes/Acanthuridae/Acanthurus

At a glance

Occurrence records1 020

Data sources7

Biological traits6

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Acanthurus albipectoralis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility611 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System409 records↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 020 records

01Narrative

Acanthurus albipectoralis (with paper to show white fin) Acanthurus albipectoralis (whitefin surgeonfish) is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae. Individuals grow to a maximum length of 33 cm.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length33 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

Other traits3

Depth max20 m

Depth min5 m

Vulnerability23

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 020 records

Wild obs. + sensor995

Museum / vouchered23

Other2

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO960 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit345

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 12 m · max 51.4 m · 345 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 554≤1 km 174≤10 km 10>10 km 13

751 georeferenced · 244 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor995

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤10 km 3>10 km 1

6 georeferenced · 17 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence23

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Sydney, AU	3
	2
FishBaselocation not on record	1
Natick, US	1
Toronto, CA	1
Honolulu, US	1
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	1
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	1

8 institutions · 11 of 23 vouchered records shown

Acanthurus albipectoralis

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Other traits3

Record type1 020 records

Origin

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions5 of 8 geolocated

Record type1 020 records