Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Ringtail Surgeonfish
Acanthurus blochii
Ringtail Surgeonfish
Category: Surgeonfishes
Scientific Name: Acanthurus blochii
Size: Up to 17 in. (42 cm)
Depth: 6-45 ft. (2-15 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Acanthuriformes (Order)
└Acanthuridae (Family)
└Acanthurus (Genus)
└A. blochii (Species)
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