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Acanthuridae
whitespotted surgeonfish
Acanthurus guttatus
White spots across a body tied to oceanic islands
- White
- Tropical
- Oceanic
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
White
Tropical
Oceania
Deep-bodied
Mediumwhitespotted surgeonfish is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 26 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus
- Maximum length
- 26 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: oceanic islands in the western Indian Ocean to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Rapa.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
