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has an oval compressed body with a steep dorsal profile on the head with the eye positioned high on the head. The teeth are moderately large, set closely, flattened with strongly serrated edges. The
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is found in the eastern central
Pacific Ocean along the western coasts of Central and South America between Costa Rica in the north and Colombia in the south, as well as around
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but there is uncertainty about the taxonomic identity represented by these records. It occurs on reefs in shallow water where it lives insmall groups and feeds on algae.
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which is one of two subfamiles in the family
Acanthuridae. The razor surgeonfish and the yellowtail surgeonfish (
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of 60 cm (24 in) although 25 cm (9.8 in) is more typical.
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623:"Species: Prionurus laticlavius, Razor sawtail"
332:Prionurini which is one of three tribes in the
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470:: e.T183310A17253060.
309:in 1846 by the French
662:Prionurus laticlavius
532:Eschmeyer, William N.
456:Prionurus laticlavius
428:Revillagigedo Islands
412:Prionurus laticlavius
381:Prionurus laticlavius
354:Prionurus laticlavius
299:Prionurus laticlavius
268:Prionurus laticlavius
218:(Valenciennes, 1846)
181:Prionurus laticlavius
25:Prionurus laticlavius
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510:Prionurus laticlavus
314:Achille Valenciennes
572:Fishes of the World
301:was first formally
238:Prionurus clarionis
215:Xesurus laticlavius
210:Valenciennes, 1846
163:P. laticlavius
42:Conservation status
846:Naseus laticlavius
424:Gulf of California
307:Naseus laticlavius
254:Prionurus hopkinsi
207:Naseus laticlavius
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322:Galápagos Islands
283:belonging to the
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376:Description
362:laticlavius
944:Categories
861:Q106396740
434:References
385:dorsal fin
955:Prionurus
636:10 August
607:10 August
555:10 August
538:Prionurus
483:10 August
349:Etymology
334:subfamily
326:Prionurus
320:given as
316:with its
311:zoologist
303:described
157:Species:
150:Prionurus
95:Kingdom:
89:Eukaryota
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855:Wikidata
756:10157723
712:FishBase
677:Q2200422
671:Wikidata
517:FishBase
426:and the
389:anal fin
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294:Taxonomy
198:Synonyms
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109:Chordata
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99:Animalia
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62:IUCN 3.1
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397:ctenoid
370:clavius
318:biology
233:, 1897
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717:13417
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366:latus
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686:BOLD
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