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Black-spot Surgeonfish

Acanthurus bariene

Bislamastrongskin— names this kind of animal, not this species alone

Black-spot Surgeonfish — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · Raju Saravanan · CC BY 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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Habitat
Reef
Max size
50 cm
Depth
6-50 m
Family
Acanthuridae

Acanthurus bariene, the bariene surgeonfish, black-spot surgeonfish, or eye-spot surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific.

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Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Black-spot Surgeonfish
This oneBlack-spot Surgeonfish
Epaulette Surgeonfish
Look-alikeEpaulette Surgeonfish

Both have a dark mark just behind the eye, above the gill opening. Black-spot Surgeonfish's is a round black spot about the size of the eye, with a yellow to orange bar behind it; its brown body is crossed by thin grey-blue lines, and it has an orange ring around the eye and a yellow dorsal fin. Epaulette Surgeonfish's mark is a longer black streak, its body has no lines, and it has a white bar at the base of the tail.

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