Orange-socket Surgeonfish
Scientific Name: Acanthurus auranticavus
Species: Surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae)
Other names: Doctorfishes, Lancetfishes, Ring-tail Surgeonfish, Ring-tail Surgeon, Ring-tail Doctorfish.
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Orange-socket SurgeonfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2008
Photographed at: Mirihi Island Resort - Maldives
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Orange-socket SurgeonfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in February 2007
Photographed at: Mirihi Island Resort - Maldives
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Orange-socket SurgeonfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2007
Photographed at: Makunudu - Maldives
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Orange-socket Surgeonfish
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Photographed at: Mirihi Island Resort - Maldives
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Orange-socket SurgeonfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in October 2011
Photographed at: Royal Sunset Island Resort 'Atata - Tonga
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Orange-socket SurgeonfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in October 2011
Photographed at: Royal Sunset Island Resort 'Atata - Tonga
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Orange-socket SurgeonfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in October 2011
Photographed at: Royal Sunset Island Resort 'Atata - Tonga
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Description
Also known as Doctorfishes, Lancetfishes, Ring-tail Surgeonfish, Ring-tail Surgeon and Ring-tail Doctorfish.
Found in small groups often mixing with other similar species, on shallow protected reef flats and slopes to outer reef walls.
They look almost black with only a white band around the tail and orange around the spine (this is not always visible)
They feed on plankton and algae.
Length - 45cm
Depth - 1-12m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
Surgeonfish have a blade like spine in the tail that points outwards when bent, unicorns have two hook-like plates along the tail, these are used for defence and are as sharp as a surgeons scalpel, hence the name "Surgeonfish".
Some species are venomous.
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The Orange-socket Surgeonfish is found in or near the Indo-Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 7 times by user @fishx6
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