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Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > 
Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Acanthurinae						
							
							Etymology: Acanthurus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
						
					Issue   
Sister species: Acanthurus tractus (Ref. 087362).
			
			
				
					Environment: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range					
						Ecologia					
				
				
				
					marinhas associadas(os) a recifes;  intervalo de profundidade 2 - 80 m (Ref. 7345). Tropical; 0°S -   30°S, 50°W -   5°W (Ref. 87362)				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					South and Central Atlantic:  coast of Brazil, from Parcel Manuel Luiz to Santa Catarina, including the oceanic Islands of Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Trindade, Ascension I. and St. Helena I. (Ref. 87362).
				
				 
			
			
				
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					Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 12.8 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 91126)				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				A diurnal species. Maximum depth from Ref. 126840.			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento					
					Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Bernal, M.A. and L.A. Rocha, 2011. Acanthurus tractus Poey, 1860, a valid western Atlantic species of surgeonfish (Teleostei, Acanthuridae), distinct from Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855. Zootaxa 2905:63-68. (Ref. 87362)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Ameaça para os humanos  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Uso pelos humanos  				
				
				
					Pescarias: espécies comerciais				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Índice de diversidade filogenética  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01950 (0.01145 - 0.03321), b=2.91 (2.77 - 3.05), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Nível Trófico  (Ref. 
69278):  2.4   ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
						 Generation time: 0.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
 growth studies.					
						Resiliência  (Ref. 
120179):  Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 419 [167, 1,788] mg/100g; Iron = 1.56 [0.51, 4.22] mg/100g; Protein = 17.3 [15.8, 18.8] %; Omega3 = 0.176 [0.065, 0.472] g/100g; Selenium = 7.92 [2.10, 38.26] μg/100g; VitaminA = 271 [52, 1,310] μg/100g; Zinc = 8.15 [2.49, 17.42] mg/100g (wet weight);