Acanthurus thompsoni
Night Surgeonfish
©Anne Hoggett: Acanthurus thompsoni in the passage at the south end of Yonge Reef near Lizard Island.
©Anne Hoggett: Three individuals of Acanthurus thompsoni in the channel at the south end of Yonge Reef near Lizard Island.
©Anne Hoggett: Three species of Acanthurus near the steep reef slope in the channel at the south end of Yonge Reef near Lizard Island: Acanthurus mata at bottom left, Acanthurus albipectoralis at top centre and Acanthurus thompsoni at upper right. Thanks to Kendall Clements for confirming the identifications.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Acanthuridae
Genus
Acanthurus
Species
Acanthurus thompsoni
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
- Clements, K.D. (1991). Gut microorganisms of surgeonfishes (Family Acanthuridae), Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 321.
- Clements, K.D., G.R. Russ, D. McB. Williams and A.M. Ayling (1988). A species list of the family Acanthuridae (Pisces) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, with notes on latitudinal distribution patterns,manuscript only. LIRS catalog number 242.
- Welsh, J.Q. (2014). Spatial ecology of coral reef fishes, PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1846.