Prionurus chrysurus
Prionurus chrysurus | |
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Prionurus chrysurus can be seen as the bottom fish with the yellow tail, the top fish are horse-eye jack | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Acanthuridae |
Genus: | Prionurus |
Species: | P. chrysurus
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Binomial name | |
Prionurus chrysurus J. E. Randall, 2001
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Prionurus chrysurus, the Indonesian sawtail or yellowtail sawtail, is a species of marine
Taxonomy
Prionurus chrysurus was first formally
Etymology
Prionurus chrysurus has a specific name, chrysurus which combines "chrysos", meaning ”gold” , with ouros, which means “tail”, a reference to the yellow caudal fin of this fish.[4]
Description
Prionurus chrysurus is a distinctive species within the genus Prionurus, the
Distribution and habitat
Prionurus chrysurus is found in the Western Pacific Ocean where it is known only from Indonesia. It is found from Bali to western Flores and also off Lombok. The species in the genus Prionurus shows an Antitropical distribution in the Pacific preferring cooler waters and the Indonesian sawtail prefers upwellings where the water temperature is 20-23 °C. It has been postulated that it is a glacial relict which had a wider distribution in a period off global cooler temperatures.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Prionurus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (12 January 2021). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 2): Families EPHIPPIDAE, LEIOGNATHIDAE, SCATOPHAGIDAE, ANTIGONIIDAE, SIGANIDAE, CAPROIDAE, LUVARIDAE, ZANCLIDAE and ACANTHURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ J. E. Randall (2001). "Prionurus chrysurus, a new species of surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) from cool upwelled seas of southern Indonesia". Journal of South Asian Natural History. 5 (2): 159–165.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Prionurus chrysurus" in FishBase. June 2023 version.