Ho Ca đuoi gai (ten khoa hoc: Acanthuridae) la mot ho ca theo truyen thong đuoc xep trong phan bo Acanthuroidei cua bo Ca vuoc (Perciformes), nhung nhung nghien cuu phat sinh chung loai gan đay cua Betancur va ctv đa xep no trong bo moi lap la Acanthuriformes. Ho nay co khoang 84 loai thuoc 6 chi, va tat ca đeu song o cac vung nhiet đoi thuoc cac đai duong, thuong la xung quanh cac ran san ho. Nhieu loai co mau sac tuoi sang va xuat hien pho bien trong cac ho ca canh.
Đac điem rieng co cua ho Ca đuoi gai la mot hoac nhieu cai gai trong giong nhu con dao mo va rat sac nhon o tren ca hai mat cua đuoi ca. Ca co vay lung, vay hau mon va vay đuoi lon, trai dai gan het chieu dai co the. Mom ca nho va co mot hang rang dung đe an tao bien.
Đa so cac loai thuoc ho Ca đuoi gai co kich co tuong đoi nho voi chieu dai co the toi đa la 15–40 cm. Tuy nhien, mot so thanh vien cua cac chi Acanthurus, Prionurus va đa so thanh vien cua chi Naso co the to lon hon, trong đo loai Naso annulatus co the đat toi 1 m (lon nhat trong ho). Do nhung loai ca nay tang truong nhanh nen can phai kiem tra kich co truong thanh trung binh va su phu hop cua ca truoc khi đua ca vao ho ca canh.


Danh sach loai Chi Acanthurus
Acanthurus achilles Shaw, 1803.
Acanthurus albimento Carpenter, Williams & Santos, 2017
Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen & Ayling, 1987.
Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956.
Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855.
Acanthurus bariene Lesson, 1831.
Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835.
Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787).
Acanthurus chronixis Randall, 1960.
Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801.
Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835.
Acanthurus fowleri de Beaufort, 1951.
Acanthurus gahhm (Forsskal, 1775).
Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson, 1843.
Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801.
Acanthurus japonicus (Schmidt, 1931).
Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre, 1927.
Acanthurus leucopareius (Jenkins, 1903).
Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833.
Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Acanthurus maculiceps (Ahl, 1923).
Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829).
Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876.
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758).
Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929.
Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskal, 1775).
Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835.
Acanthurus nubilus (Fowler & Bean, 1929).
Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch & Schneider, 1801.
Acanthurus polyzona (Bleeker, 1868).
Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834.
Acanthurus reversus Randall & Earle, 1999.
Acanthurus sohal (Forsskal, 1775).
Acanthurus tennentii Gunther, 1861.
Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923).
Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Acanthurus tristis Randall, 1993.
Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835.
Chi Ctenochaetus
Ctenochaetus binotatus Randall, 1955.
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus Randall & Clements, 2001.
Ctenochaetus flavicauda Fowler, 1938.
Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis (Randall, 1955).
Ctenochaetus marginatus (Valenciennes, 1835).
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825).
Ctenochaetus strigosus (Bennett, 1828).
Ctenochaetus tominiensis Randall, 1955.
Ctenochaetus truncatus Randall & Clements, 2001.
Chi Naso
Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (ca mot sung soc, ca bo sung).
Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835).
Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829).
Naso caeruleacauda Randall, 1994.
Naso caesius Randall & Bell, 1992.
Naso elegans (Ruppell, 1829).
Naso fageni Morrow, 1954.
Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855).
Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801).
Naso lopezi Herre, 1927.
Naso maculatus Randall & Struhsaker, 1981.
Naso mcdadei Johnson, 2002.
Naso minor (Smith, 1966).
Naso reticulatus Randall, 2001.
Naso tergus Ho, Shen & Chang, 2011
Naso thynnoides (Cuvier, 1829).
Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835).
Naso tuberosus Lacepede, 1801.
Naso unicornis (Forsskal, 1775).
Naso vlamingii (Valenciennes, 1835).
Chi Paracanthurus
Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766).
Chi Prionurus
Prionurus biafraensis (Blache & Rossignol, 1961).
Prionurus chrysurus Randall, 2001.
Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes, 1846).
Prionurus maculatus (Randall & Struhsaker, 1981).
Prionurus microlepidotus Lacepede, 1804.
Prionurus punctatus Gill, 1862.
Prionurus scalprum Valenciennes, 1835.
Chi Zebrasoma
Zebrasoma desjardinii (Bennett, 1836).
Zebrasoma flavescens (Bennett, 1828): Ca đuoi gai vang.
Zebrasoma gemmatum (Valenciennes, 1835).
Zebrasoma rostratum (Gunther, 1875).
Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829): Ca đuoi gai nau hong.
Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1795).
Zebrasoma xanthurum (Blyth, 1852).


Khung thoi gian tien hoa cac chi Tu nguyen va lich su phan loai Ten cua ho ca nay xuat phat tu cac tu akantha va oura trong tieng Hi Lap, tam dich la "gai" va "đuoi". Đieu nay am chi đac điem de nhan ra cua ho Ca đuoi gai, đo la cai "dao mo" o cuong đuoi cua chung.
Vao đau thap nien 1900, ho ca nay đuoc goi la Hepatidae.


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