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Acanthuridae
doctorfish
Acanthurus chirurgus
Atlantic resident spanning Massachusetts to Brazil and Senegal
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
Mediumdoctorfish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus
- Maximum length
- 39 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda, and the northern Gulf of Mexico to São Paulo, Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Senegal and Ascension Is.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
