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Acanthuridae
ocean surgeon
Acanthurus bahianus
An Atlantic wanderer from Brazil to Saint Helena
- Tropical
- Oceanic
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Smallocean surgeon is known from South and Central Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus
- Maximum length
- 14.6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- South and Central Atlantic: coast of Brazil, from Parcel Manuel Luiz to Santa Catarina, including the oceanic Islands of Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Trindade, Ascension I. and St. Helena I. (Ref. 87362 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
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