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Whitechin Surgeonfish
Acanthurus albimento
The whitechin surgeonfish (Acanthurus albimento) is a species of fish in the family Acanthuridae. It was described by Kent E. Carpenter, Jeffrey Taylor Williams and Mudjekeewis Dalisay Santos in 2017. It is a tropical fish which inhabits reefs around the Philippines. Both its common name and species epithet refer to the white colouring on its chin.
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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 623671.