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Black-barred Surgeonfish
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Black-barred Surgeonfish

Acanthurus polyzona

Acanthurus polyzona is a tropical fish found in coral reefs situated in the western Indian Ocean. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1868, and is commonly known as the black-barred surgeonfish or zebra tang.

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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 187004.