Acanthurus tristis, Indian Ocean mimic surgeonfish : fisheries, aquarium

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Acanthurus tristis Randall, 1993

Indian Ocean mimic surgeonfish
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Thailand country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Photo by J.E. Randall from Phuket available in FishBase.
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Main Ref: Randall, J.E., 1997
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Common names from other countries

Yellowspot surgeonfish, Indian mimic surgeon, Imitator-kirurgfisk, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Acanthurinae
Etymology: Acanthurus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Randall.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 2 - 30 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 24°N - 9°S, 71°E - 116°E

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Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal (Ref. 8940) and the Andaman Sea west to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago, and east to islands of southern Indonesia at least to Bali.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9710)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 8; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 23 - 33; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 22 - 29. Margin of caudal fin narrow and white. No orange area behind gill opening and extending ventrally behind base of pectoral fins (juveniles mimic the angelfish Centropyge eibli) (Ref 9808).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Occurs in shallow lagoon and seaward reefs, in areas of mixed coral, rock or sand. Juveniles mimic the cryptic Centropyge eibli (Ref. 9710, 48637).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Randall, John E. | Collaboratori

Randall, J.E., 1993. Acanthurus tristis, a valid Indian ocean surgeonfish (Perciformes: Acanthuridae). Spec. Publ. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichth. (54):1-8. (Ref. 8940)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 May 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 28 - 29, mean 28.7 °C (based on 180 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02344 (0.01118 - 0.04914), b=2.95 (2.78 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  2.2   ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (15 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 71.5 [30.5, 207.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.809 [0.309, 1.972] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.9, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.104 [0.048, 0.220] g/100g; Selenium = 16.6 [5.7, 49.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 44.5 [10.5, 175.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 3.05 [0.96, 5.66] mg/100g (wet weight);