Species that contain: Acanthurus and bahianus [ 4 ] records

bahianus, Acanthurus Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:24, Pl. 11 (fig. 1) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Bahia, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7078. Type catalog: Bauchot & Randall 1996:56 [ref. 22195]. •Valid as Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau 1855 -- (Randall 1956:225 [ref. 12221], Robins & Ray 1986:256 [ref. 23100], Edwards & Glass 1987:664 [ref. 9166], Desoutter 1990:962 [ref. 18967], Cervigón 1992:251 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1994:213 [ref. 24488], Aguilera 1998:52 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:321 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:168 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1646 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:992 [ref. 25909], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:65 [ref. 26232], Rocha et al. 2002:244 [ref. 25914], Smith-Vaniz et al. 2002:104 [ref. 26570], Collette et al. 2003:124 [ref. 26784], Randall 2003:1803 [ref. 27098], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:100 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:66 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:174 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:742 [ref. 28815], Matamoros et al. 2009:26 [ref. 31241], Bernal & Rocha 2011:66 [ref. 31336] with modified range, Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:82 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33516], Pinheiro et al. 2015:31 [ref. 34324], Triay-Portella et al. 2015:168 [ref. 36561], Rocha in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2861 [ref. 34618], Spier et al. 2018:16 [ref. 36103], Brown et al. 2019:180 [ref. 36444], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:660 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:244 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:67 [ref. 40710], Hoff et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau 1855. Acanthuridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Maranhão south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including offshore islands; southern central Atlantic: Ascension and St. Helena islands. Invasive at Canary Islands. Habitat: marine.

nigriculus, Acronurus Poey [F.] 1875:143 [69], Pl. 7 [3] (figs. 18-19) [Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid v. 4 (for 13 Jan. 1875); ref. 3509] Cuba. No types known. On p. 69 of separate. •Synonym of Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau 1855 -- (Randall 1956:225 [ref. 12221]). •Synonym of Acanthurus tractus Poey 1860 -- (Bernal & Rocha 2011:64 [ref. 31336]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthurus tractus Poey 1860. Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.

randalli, Acanthurus Briggs [J. C.] & Caldwell [D. K.] 1957:43, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences v. 2 (no. 4); ref. 12135] Jetties on west side of inlet, St. Andrews State Park, Panama City, Bay County, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype: UF 5394. Paratypes: ANSP 75167 [ex UF 5416] (1); FMNH 62060 [ex UF 5416] (1); CAS-SU 49254 [ex UF 5416] (1); UF 5400 (2), 5416 (orig. 18, now 14); USNM 174925 [ex UF 5416] (1). Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:114 [ref. 21035], Böhlke 1984:17 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:4 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Acanthurus randalli Briggs & Caldwell 1957 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:256 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:167 [ref. 23239], Musick 2000:19 [ref. 24959], Rocha et al. 2002:244 [ref. 25914], Randall 2003:1802 [ref. 27098]). •Synonym of Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau 1855 -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 2002:104 [ref. 26570]). •Synonym of Acanthurus tractus Poey 1860 -- (Pers. Comm., W. F. Smith-Vaniz, 11 Nov. 2014). Current status: Synonym of Acanthurus tractus Poey 1860. Acanthuridae. Distribution: Eastern Gulf of Mexico (if valid). Habitat: marine.

tractus, Acanthurus Poey [F.] 1860:208 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Holotype: MCZ 21856. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:206 [ref. 22926] with MCZ 21856 as holotype. •Synonym of Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau 1855 -- (Randall 1956:225 [ref. 12221]). •Valid as Acanthurus tractus Poey 1860 -- (Bernal & Rocha 2011:64 [ref. 31336], Page et al. 2013:180 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:182 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:82 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34961], Robertson et al. 2020:150 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:77 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:69 [ref. 39585], Page et al. 2023:163 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Acanthurus tractus Poey 1860. Acanthuridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) and Bermuda to Trinidad and Tobago, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean islands. Habitat: marine.