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Whitecheek Surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigricans
The whitecheek surgeonfish, 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. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to 21.3 cm in length.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121193.