After Nelson, 1994, Bannikov & Tyler, 1995, Tyler & Bannikov, 1997, and Tyler, 2000
<==o Acanthurinae (varsinaiset välskärikalat) |-- †Proacanthurus Blot & Tyler, 1991 [4] |-- †Protozebrasoma Sorbini & Tyler, 1998 |-- †Tauichthys (Tyler, 1999) |--o Prionurus [Xesurus] [Prionurini] [6] | |-- P. biafraensis (Blache & Rossignol, 1961) (Biafra doctorfish) | |-- P. laticlavius (Valenciennes, 1846) (Razor surgeonfish) | |-- P. maculatus Ogilby, 1887 (Yellowspotted sawtail) | |-- P. microlepidotus Lacepède, 1804 (Sixplate sawtail) | |-- P. punctatus Gill, 1862 (Yellowtail surgeonfish) | `-- P. scalprus Valenciennes, 1835 (Scalpel sawtail) `--+--o Zebrasomini | |-- Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766) [Paracanthurus Bleeker, 1863] (Palette surgeonfish) | `--o Zebrastoma Swainson, 1839 [Zeprasoma] Tert. WInd. R. Oc. [6] | |-- Z. flavescens (Bennett, 1828) (Yellow tang) | |-- Z. gemmatum (Valenciennes, 1835) (Spotted tang) | |-- Z. rostratum (Günther, 1875) (Longnose surgeonfish) | |-- Z. scopas (Cuvier, 1829) (Twotone tang) | |-- Z. veliferum (Bloch, 1795) (purjevälskärikala; Sailfin tang) | `-- Z. xanthurum (Blyth, 1852) (keltapyrstovälskärikala; Yellowtail tang) `--o Acanthurini [2/42] |-- Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775, M. Eoc. Mioc. Eu. R. Oc. (välskärikalat) [36 species] `--o Ctenochaetus Gill, 1885 |-- C. binotatus Randall, 1955 (Twospot surgeonfish) |-- C. hawaiiensis Randall, 1955 (Chevron tang) |-- C. marginatus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Striped-fin surgeonfish) |-- C. striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Striated surgeonfish) |-- C. strigosus (Bennett, 1828) (Spotted surgeonfish) `-- C. tominiensis Randall, 1955 (Tomini surgeonfish)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968. - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600 - Tyler, J. C., 2000: Arambourgthurus, a new genus of hypurostegic surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) from the Oligocene of Iran, with a phylogeny of the Nasinae.
–Geodiversitas: Vol. 22, #4, pp. 525-537