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Fine-lined Surgeonfish

Acanthurus grammoptilus

Also known as: Doctorfish, Inshore Surgeon, Inshore Surgeonfish, Lancetfish, Northwest Surgeonfish, Ring-tailed Surgeonfish, Thorntail, Thorntail Fish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2012
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
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Overview

Juveniles are deeper in the body than adults, and the narrow white edge of the tail fin is broader in young fish.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
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Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Pacific
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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAcanthuriformes
    5. familyAcanthuridae
    6. genusAcanthurus
    7. speciesAcanthurus grammoptilus Richardson, 1843

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