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Acanthurus

genus of fishes
Taxon Taxon Q648200
Acanthurus
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Facts

5 properties
Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Acanthuridae[3]
Start time
-55000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[5]
Taxon name
Acanthurus[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Acanthurus ar حسفلة cs bodlok de Acanthurus de Echte Doktorfische el Acanthurus el ακανθούρος el ψάρι-χειρουργός fa جراح‌ماهی he בתרן ja クロハギ属 ru Acanthurus ru Рыбы-хирурги th ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ด zh 刺尾鱼属
🔖 Identifiers · 23
ADW taxon ID
Acanthurus
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Acanthurus
BOLD Systems taxon ID
3675
Catalogue of Life ID
KTZYY
De Agostini ID
Acanthurus
Fossilworks taxon ID
35926
Freebase ID
/m/06bxyr
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2379647
Global Species ID
112184
INaturalist taxon ID
55382
ITIS TSN
172251, 926622
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
227339
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Interlingual Index ID
i49499
J9U entity ID
987007563916505171
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781269530
NALT ID
239749
NCBI taxonomy ID
12912
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
119d3932-a667-465b-b794-ee9e9cc2f926
ScienceDirect topic ID
agricultural-and-biological-sciences/acanthurus
Topic's main category
Category:Acanthuroid fish
WoRMS-ID for taxa
125908
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02624049-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/955ee018-9e95-4f3e-bf5a-4e72dd0a49ad

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 40
Acanthurus leucosternon, Acanthurus lineatus, Acanthurus triostegus, Acanthurus dussumieri, Sohal surgeonfish, Acanthurus achilles, Acanthurus olivaceus, Acanthurus xanthopterus +32 more
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Acanthuridae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Acanthuroid fish
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Acanthuroid fish
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Summary

Acanthurus is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ITIS TSN → 172251, 926622
    "Created claim: ITIS TSN: 926622, batch #290800"
  2. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Insects (Insecta) of the World ID → 227339
    "Created claim: Insects (Insecta) of the World ID: 227339, batch #278390"
  3. 12w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i49499
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 02624049-n
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47825: OENN batch"
  4. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → 550000th century BC
    Parent taxon → Acanthuridae
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007563916505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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