Prionurus

Galapagos surgeonfish ( P. laticlavius ​​)

The Sägedoktorfische ( Prionurus ) are a genus of surgeon fish and belong to the scalpel surgeonfish ( Acanthurinae ). You have 5-21 sharp, not moving " scalpels " on the tail, with which they can defend themselves and also injure people. Sägedoktorfische be 20 to 70 inches long. The animals graze as pure herbivores algae of coral reefs.

Species

There are seven types.

  • Africa surgeonfish ( Prionurus biafraensis ( Blache & Rossignol, 1961) )
  • Prionurus chrysurus Randall, 2001
  • Galapagos surgeonfish ( Prionurus laticlavius ​​( Valenciennes, 1846) )
  • Spotted surgeonfish ( Prionurus maculatus Ogilby, 1887)
  • Prionurus microlepidotus Lacepede, 1804
  • Dotted surgeonfish ( Prionurus punctatus Gill, 1862)
  • Prionurus scalprum Valenciennes, 1835

Swell

  • Joseph S. Nelson, Fishes of the World, John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
  • André Luty: Doctor Fish - Living - Care - species. Dähne Ettlingen, 1999, ISBN 3-921684-61-7
  • Helmut Debelius / Rudie H. Kuiter: Doctor fish and their relatives. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3669-4

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