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IUCN VU · Vulnerable
Mimic Surgeonfish
Acanthurus chronixis
Acanthurus chronixis is a tropical fish known commonly as the chronixis surgeonfish or the mimic surgeonfish. It was first named by Randall in 1960. The species lives in coral reefs in the western Pacific.
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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 186997.