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Species
Least Concernconvict surgeonfish
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyAcanthuridae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded23,022
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,816
- With media
- 50
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UWFC
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, United States, Philippines, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands
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Encyclopedic overview
Acanthurus triostegus, commonly known as convict tang, manini, convict surgeonfish, convict surgeon, or fiveband surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acanthurus triostegus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.