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Acanthuridae
White-freckled surgeonfish
Acanthurus maculiceps
A white freckled head from Maldives to the Line Islands
- White
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
White
Tropical
Regional distribution
Deep-bodied
MediumWhite-freckled surgeonfish is a marine fish found around Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 40 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- 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.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
