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Updated 3/30/2024

Family Acanthuridae

TROPICAL PACIFIC

Acanthurus pyroferus

 

Palau

  

Wakatobi, Indonesia

 

Juvenile, Huahine, 10 feet

Juvenile, Wakatobi, Indonesia 

 

Juvenile, Banda Sea


Rainbow Reef, Fiji, 40 feet
  
   

MIMIC SURGEONFISH

Common on shallow reefs exposed to surge.  Juvenile mimic the angelfish Centropyge vrolickii or Centropyge flavissimus.  Attains 10 inches.  Indonesia to Okinawa and French Polynesia, excluding Hawai'i.