Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Mimic Surgeonfish
Mimic Surgeonfish
Scientific Name: Acanthurus pyroferus
Also known as: Chocolate Surgeonfish
Category: Surgeonfishes
Size: 8 to 12 in. (20 to 25 cm)  
Depth: 15-130 ft. (5-40 m)
Distribution: Pacific, Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef
Note: Juveniles mimic the angelfish Centropyge flavissimus or Centropyge vrolikii

Fish
Disk and Oval fishes
Surgeonfishes

Mimic Surgeonfish

Whitecheek Surgeonfish

Lined Bristletooth

Brown Surgeonfish

Blue-Lined Surgeonfish

Yellow Tang

Brushtail Tang

Yellowfin Surgeonfish

Eyestripe Surgeonfish

Whitebar Surgeonfish

Convict Tang

Pacific Sailfin Tang

Goldring Surgeonfish

Achilles Tang

Orangeband Surgeonfish

Bignose Unicornfish

Spotted Unicornfish

Bluespine Unicornfish

Orangespine Unicornfish

Butterflyfishes
Chromis
Damselfishes
Anemonefishes
Zanclidae
Rabbitfishes
Angelfishes

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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© 2004-2012 Florent Charpin