Yellowmask Surgeonfish
Acanthurus mata
Also known as: Bleeker´s Surgeonfish, Blue-lined Surgeonfish, Doctorfish, Elongate Surgeon, Elongate Surgeonfish, Elongate Tang, Elongated Surgeonfish, Lancetfish, Mata Surgeonfish, Mata Tang, Pale Surgeon, Pale Surgeonfish, Striped Surgeon, Thorntail, Thorntail Fish, Yellowmask
- Bleeker´s Surgeonfish
- Blue-lined Surgeonfish
- Doctorfish
- Elongate Surgeon
- Elongate Surgeonfish
- Elongate Tang
- Elongated Surgeonfish
- Lancetfish
- Mata Surgeonfish
- Mata Tang
- Pale Surgeon
- Pale Surgeonfish
- Striped Surgeon
- Thorntail
- Thorntail Fish
- Yellowmask
Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.
Overview
Juveniles have a double-notched tail fin, unlike the deeply forked tail of adults, and live in estuaries or murky inshore water.
How to identify
- Pattern
- brown lines
- Head & Mouth
- yellow eye
- Behaviour
- open waterschooling
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Habitat & where to find it
Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.
- Range · Indo-Pacific
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Juvenile photos 3
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