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Acanthuridae
Indian Ocean mimic surgeonfish
Acanthurus tristis
Tiger stripes on a fish first described from Sri Lanka
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
MediumIndian Ocean mimic surgeonfish is a marine fish of Indian Ocean. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 25 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal (Ref. 8940 ) and the Andaman Sea west to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago, and east to islands of southern Indonesia at least to Bali.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
