Yellowspotted sawtail

The yellowspotted sawtail, Prionurus maculatus, is a tang of the family Acanthuridae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

Yellowspotted sawtail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Prionurus
Species:
P. maculatus
Binomial name
Prionurus maculatus

References

  1. Abesamis, R.; Clements, K.D.; Choat, J.H.; McIlwain, J.; Myers, R.; Nanola, C.; Rocha, L.A.; Russell, B.; Stockwell, B. (2012). "Prionurus maculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T178025A1524949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T178025A1524949.en. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Prionurus maculatus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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