Whitespotted surgeonfish

The Whitespotted surgeonfish or is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae.

The Whitespotted surgeonfish or (Acanthurus guttatus) is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae. The fish grow to a maximum length of 26 cm (10 in). References - * "Acanthurus guttatus". FishBase. Ed. More

Native Range: The whitespotted surgeonfish is distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Mauritius to Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawai’i, and French Polynesia and southwest Japan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. From Allen et al. (2003). More

The Whitespotted Surgeonfish (in picture) is another resident of the Hanauma Bay region. They can be found grazing on seaweed right where the surf is crashing. More

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