Palau
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Juvenile
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Wakatobi, Indonesia
Wakatobi, Indonesia
Fiji
Palau
Mimic Surgeonfish
Acanthurus pyroferus
Mimic Surgeonfish
Also known as: Chocolate Surgeonfish
Category: Surgeonfishes
Scientific Name: Acanthurus pyroferus
Size: 8 to 12 in. (20 to 25 cm)
Depth: 15-130 ft. (5-40 m)
Distribution: Pacific, Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia
Note: Juveniles mimic the angelfish Centropyge flavissimus or Centropyge vrolikiiChordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Acanthuriformes (Order)
└Acanthuridae (Family)
└Acanthurus (Genus)
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