Prionurus punctatus, Yellowtail surgeonfish : fisheries, aquarium

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Prionurus punctatus Gill, 1862

Yellowtail surgeonfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Prionurinae
Etymology: Prionurus: Greek, prion, -onos = saw + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gill.

Taxonomic Remarks
Synonym of P. laticlavius according to Ludt et al., 2019 (Ref. 121786). The species page will be removed.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 35 m (Ref. 27115), usually 6 - 12 m (Ref. 9267). Tropical; 30°N - 14°N

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Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to El Salvador, including the Revillagigedo Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9267)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on shallow reefs, in schools (Ref. 9267). Feeds on algae in rocky areas (Ref. 9267).

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Krupp, F., 1995. Acanthuridae. Sangradores, cirujanos, navajones. p. 839-844. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9267)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 May 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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