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Superregnum : Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Acanthuriformes
Subordo: Acanthuroidei

Familia: Acanthuridae
Genus: Zebrasoma

Species (7): Z. desjardinii - Z. flavescens – Z. gemmatum – Z. rostratum – Z. scopas – Z. velifer – Z. xanthurum
Z. desjardinii - Z. flavescens - Z. gemmatum - Z. rostratum - Z. scopas - Z. veliferum -

Name

Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839
References

Swainson, W. 1839: The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co., London. 2: i-vi + 1-448.

Links

Zebrasoma species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
ITIS

Vernacular names
English: Tang
한국어: 탱

Zebrasoma is a genus of surgeonfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They have disc-shaped bodies and sail-like fins.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

Zebrasoma desjardinii (E. T. Bennett, 1836) - Desjardin's sailfin tang
Zebrasoma flavescens (E. T. Bennett, 1828) - yellow tang
Zebrasoma gemmatum (Valenciennes, 1835) - gem tang
Zebrasoma rostratum (Günther, 1875) - black tang
Zebrasoma scopas (G. Cuvier, 1829) - scopas tang
Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1795) - sailfin tang
Zebrasoma xanthurum (Blyth, 1852) - purple tang

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Zebrasoma in FishBase. December 2012 version.

External links

Fishwatcher's Guide - Zebrasoma

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