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species have oval, compressed bodies with a steep angle on the head above the snout. The small mouth is protrusible and is positioned low on the head. The teeth are set closely together and are moderately large, flattened and have serrated edges. They have 8 or 9 spines in the
506:. The caudal peduncle has between 3 and 7 bony plates with sharp keels on each side. The spined keels in the caudal peduncle are immobile in this genus compared to mobile ones in other surgeonfishes. These fishes vary in their maximum published
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There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
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675:The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database
354:Prionurini which is one of three tribes in the
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735:"Genus: Prionurus, Surgeonfishes, Sawtails"
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983:Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
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510:from 20 cm (7.9 in) in
541:to the eastern Pacific and one,
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338:but the type was collected by
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474:- yellowtail surgeonfish
451:Prionurus microlepidotus
332:Prionurus microlepidotus
316:was first proposed as a
189:Prionurus microlepidotus
446:- yellowspotted sawtail
607:"Species in the genus
320:in 1804 by the French
927:Paleobiology Database
603:Eschmeyer, William N.
568:Eschmeyer, William N.
422:Prionurus laticlavius
390:Prionurus biafraensis
53:Prionurus laticlavius
720:. June 2023 version.
502:and 3 spines in the
56:(razor surgeonfish)
646:Fishes of the World
465:Prionurus punctatus
437:Prionurus maculatus
432:- razor surgeonfish
409:Prionurus chrysurus
404:- Biafra doctorfish
978:Marine fish genera
708:"Species in genus
483:Valenciennes, 1835
479:Prionurus scalprum
460:- sixplate sawtail
318:monospecific genus
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766:Taxon identifiers
655:978-1-118-34233-6
616:Catalog of Fishes
577:Catalog of Fishes
516:P. microlepidotus
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798:Wikispecies
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962:Categories
549:References
500:dorsal fin
470:T. N. Gill
322:naturalist
290:of marine
149:Prionurini
18:Prionurini
968:Prionurus
831:Prionurus
818:Prionurus
804:Prionurus
774:Prionurus
710:Prionurus
609:Prionurus
527:Prionurus
495:Prionurus
400:Rossignol
370:Prionurus
365:Etymology
356:subfamily
348:Prionurus
329:described
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283:Prionurus
232:Burobulla
167:Prionurus
85:Kingdom:
79:Eukaryota
36:Prionurus
789:Q1872436
783:Wikidata
748:2 August
717:FishBase
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504:anal fin
456:Lacépède
327:when he
309:Taxonomy
270:Evermann
212:Synonyms
199:Species
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99:Chordata
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89:Animalia
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262:Xesurus
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156:, 1966
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288:genus
286:is a
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865:GBIF
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