Acanthuridae

Gulf surgeonfish

Acanthurus randalli

A surgeonfish of Florida and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Acanthurus randalli is a tropical fish found in the western Atlantic ocean. It was first named by Briggs and Caldwell in 1957, and is commonly known as the Gulf surgeonfish. This taxon is treated as a synonyms of the ocean surgeonfish (Acanthurus tractus) by some authorities.