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Paracanthurus hepatus
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Paracanthurus hepatus est marinus familiae Acanthuridarum piscis, solus generis Paracanthuri piscis.[1][2] Corpus est cobaltinum una macula magna signatum, cauda flava. Corpus inferius in Oceano Indico occidentali medio est flavum (Debelius 1993). Ad 31 cm in sua habitatione naturali attinet.[1]
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Classis : Actinopterygii
Ordo : Perciformes
Familia : Acanthuridae
Genus : Paracanthurus
Bleeker, 1863
Species : P. hepatus
Ordo : Perciformes
Familia : Acanthuridae
Genus : Paracanthurus
Bleeker, 1863
Species : P. hepatus
Distributio est lata, sed nusquam est piscis vulgaris. Invenitur per oceanos Indicum et Pacificum, praecipue in habitatione usitata supra saxa scopulosque curalii Africae Orientalis, Iaponiae, Magni Curalii Obicis, Novae Caledoniae, et Samoae.[1]
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Iuvenis planctone praecipue vescitur; adultus, omnivorus, plankton etiam vescitur, sed algas quoque comedit. Ova gignuntur multo post meridiem et vesperi, cum piscis color pallescit.