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Updated 12/27/2013

Family Acanthuridae

WEST PACIFIC

Acanthurus japonicus



Waikiki Aquarium

JAPANESE SURGEONFISH

Uncommon in the Western Pacific from Sulawesi north to Okinawa.  Very similar to A. nigricans.  Attains 7 inches.