| Acanthurus triostegus
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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Actinopterygii
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| Order:
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Acanthuriformes
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| Family:
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Acanthuridae
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| Genus:
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Acanthurus
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| Species:
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A. triostegus
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| Binomial name
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Acanthurus triostegus
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| Synonyms
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- Chaetodon triostegus Linnaeus, 1758
- Acanthurus triostegus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hepatus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Rhombotides triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Teuthis triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Harpurus fasciatus Forster, 1801
- Acanthurus zebra Lacepède, 1802
- Chaetodon couaga Lacepède, 1802
- Teuthis australis Gray, 1827
- Acanthurus hirundo Bennett, 1829
- Acanthurus subarmatus Bennett, 1840
- Acanthurus pentazona Bleeker, 1850
- Rhombotides pentazona (Bleeker, 1850)
- Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis Streets, 1877
- Hepatus sandvicensis (Streets, 1877)
- Teuthis sandvicensis (Streets, 1877)
- Teuthis elegans Garman, 1899
- Teuthis troughtoni Whitley, 1928
- Acanthurus triostegus marquesensis Schultz & Woods, 1948
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Acanthurus triostegus, commonly known as convict tang, manini, convict surgeonfish, convict surgeon, or fiveband surgeonfish,
is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.