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Updated 6/10/2022

Family Acanthuridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Acanthurus xanthopterus

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet

 

Kailua Bay, Hawaii, 30 feet

Kailua Bay, Hawaii, 30 feet

 



Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 8 feet


Juvenile, Ulong Island, Palau, 4 feet


Kaiona, Oahu, 12 feet
 
 
   
   

YELLOWFIN SURGEONFISH         pualu         Kurohagi

Aggregations are common in sheltered bays and harbors.  Blue-gray with a pale band on the caudal peduncle, yellow pectoral fins and a small black caudal spine.  Attains 25 inches.  Feeds upon buried invertebrates and algae. East Africa to Okinawa, Hawai'i, French Polynesia, and Tropical Eastern Pacific.