Black DoctorfishAcanthurus chirurgus

Facts

39.0 cm

Doctorfish

Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda, and the northern Gulf of Mexico to São Paulo, Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Senegal.

saltwater

Acanthurus

Acanthuridae

Perciformes

Actinopterygii

Chordata

Animalia

source: FishBase

Description

Acanthurus chirurgus, commonly called the Doctor fish and the Doctorfish tang in English or the Barbero rayado and the Cirujano rayado in Spanish, is a tropical marine fish common in the Atlantic Ocean.
source: Wikipedia

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