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Acanthuridae
Orange-socket surgeonfish
Acanthurus auranticavus
Indo Pacific resident from Seychelles to the Great Barrier Reef
- Orange
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Orange
Tropical
Regional distribution
Deep-bodied
MediumOrange-socket surgeonfish is a marine fish found around Western Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 45 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus
- Maximum length
- 45 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique (Ref. 41878 ). Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles (Ref. 10685 ), Philippines, Indonesia and Great Barrier Reef; recently found in Maldives. Reported from Malaysia (Ref. 5756 ) and Samoa (Ref. 592 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
