Earbar SurgeonfishAcanthurus maculiceps

Facts

40.0 cm

Pale-lined Surgeonfish, Spot-face Surgeon, Spotted-face Surgeonfish, White-freckled Surgeonfish, Yellow-freckled Surgeon Fish

Indo-West Pacific: Maldives (Ref. 30829); then from the Andaman Sea (Ref. 9710) and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Philippines and the Line Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Samoa.

saltwater

Acanthurus

Acanthuridae

Perciformes

Actinopterygii

Chordata

Animalia

source: FishBase

Description

Acanthurus maculiceps is a Tang from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 40cm in length.
source: Wikipedia

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