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Family 223. ZANCIID^. Moorish idols 



Genus 972. ZANCLUS Cuvier and Valenciennes 



Zanclus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VII, 1831, 70 (102) 



{Chsetodon cornutus Linnaeus). 

 Gonopterus Gronow, Cat Fish., ed. Gray, 1854, 77 {G. mcerens Gronow = 



Chsetodon cornutus Linna;us). 

 Gnathocentrtim Guichenot, Ann. Maine et Loire, IX, 1866, 4 {Zanclus 



centrognathus Cuvier and Valenciennes); young. 



2808. Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus). Moorish idol; Besan; Piquier; Porte 



enseigne. 

 Warm seas of the Pacific; Revillagigedo, Cocos, and Galapagos islands; 



Hawaii; Samoa; East Indies and islands of Polynesia; common 



and widely distributed throughout the Pacific. 

 Chsetodon cornutus Linnaius, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 273, Indies; 



after Artedi. 

 Zanclus centrognathos Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hi.st. Nat. Poiss., VII, 



1831, 397 (528), near Equator, 75° E. 

 Gonopterus mcBvens Gronow, Cat. Fishes, ed. Gray, 1854, 77, India. 



Family 224. ACANTHURID.ffi. Surgeonfishes; Tangs 



Genus 973. ACANTHURUS Forskal. Surgeonfishes. 



Acanthurus Forskal, Descr. Anim., 1775, 59 (Chsetodon unicornis), etc. 

 Harpurus (Forster) Gmelin, Enchiridion, 1778, 84 {H.fasciatus Forster). 

 Aspisurus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, 556 {Chsetodon sohar 



Forskai), 

 Acronurus Gronow, Cat. Fishes, 1854, 190 {Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus). 

 Rhomhotides (Klein) Bleeker, Neder. Tijdschr. Dierk., I {Chsetodon 



triostcgus Linnanis) . 



Subgenus HARPURUS Forster. 



2809. Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus). 



South Pacific, from New Zealand and Australia to the Revillagigedos. 

 Chsetodon triostegus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 274, India. 

 Harpurus fasciatus Forster, Enchiridion, 1778, 84, South Seas. 

 Acanthurus zebra Lac6p6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1802, 548, fig. 3, 



no locality. 

 Chsetodon couaga Lacepede, loc. cit. IV, 1802, 727, no locality. 

 Teuthis australis Gray, in King, Surv. Australia, II, 1826, 435. 

 Acanthurus hirudo Bennett, Ceylon Fishes, 1851, 11, pi. 11, Ceylon. 

 Acanthurus subarmatus Bennett, Whaling Voyage, II, 1840, 278, 



Raiatea, Society Islands. 



Subgenus TEUTHIS. 



2810. Acanthurus ceeruleus Bloch and Schneider. Barbero; Blue surgeon; 



Blue tang. 

 West Indies, Key West, and Bermuda to Bahia, north to Woods Hole, 



Mass. 

 Acanthurus cseruleus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 214, 



Carolinas; Habana; Jamaica; after Catesby, Parra, and Browne. 

 Acanthurus broussonetii Desmarest, Prem. Dec. Ichth., 1823, 26, Cuba. 

 Acanthurus brevis Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 207, Antilles and Habana. 

 Acronurus cseruleatus Poey, Enumeratio, 1875, 69, Cuba; young. 



2811. Acanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus). Common surgeon; Doctor fish; Lancet 



fish; Tang; Tangbarbero; Saigneur; Barbero. 

 West Indian fauna; Florida to Bahia; Key West and Cuba; Charleston; 



north to Woods Hole, Mass. 

 Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus, Sy.st. Nat., Ed. XII, 1766, 507, Carolinas. 

 Chsetodon chirurgus Bloch, Naturgesch. Ausl. Fische, III, 1787, 99, 



Martinique; on drawing by Plumier. 

 Acanthurus phlebotomus Cuvier and Valenciennes. Hi.st. Nat. Poiss., X, 



1835, 129 (176), pi. 287 Martinique, Brazil, Habana, New York. 

 Acronurus fuscus Gronow, Fish., ed. Gray, 119, 1854, West Indies; 



young. 

 Acronurus carneus Poey, Memorias, II, 1860, 207, Cuba. 



