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Surgeonfishes, Tangs, and Unicornfishes
Acanthuridae
The Acanthuridae are a family of ray-finned fishes, which includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 extant species of marine fishes living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs. Many of the species are brightly colored and popular in aquaria.
6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 85 known species
Acanthurus
genusAcanthurus
Unicornfishes
genusNaso
Sailfin Tangs
genusZebrasoma
Bristletooth Tangs
genusCtenochaetus
Sawtail Surgeonfishes
genusPrionurus
Palette Tangs
genusParacanthurus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 47619.