Whitecheek surgeonfish

Whitecheek surgeonfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Acanthurus
Species: A. nigricans
Binomial name
Acanthurus nigricans
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The whitecheek surgeonfish,[2] also known as the goldenrim surgeonfish or yellow-spotted surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans), is a reef-associated tang found from the central Indo-Pacific area to the eastern Pacific coast, Hawaii included.[3] It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to 21.3 cm in length.

References

  1. Choat, J.H.; Abesamis, R.; Clements, K.D.; McIlwain, J.; Myers, R.; Nanola, C.; Rocha, L.A.; Russell, B. & Stockwell, B. (2012). "Acanthurus nigricans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  2. Pietsch, T.W. and D.B. Grobecker, (1987). Frogfishes of the world. Systematics, zoogeography, and behavioral ecology. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California.
  3. "Acanthurus nigricans: Distribution". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
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