Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Pale-Lipped Surgeonfish
Acanthurus leucocheilus
Pale-Lipped Surgeonfish
Category: Surgeonfishes
Scientific Name: Acanthurus leucocheilus
Size: Up to 19 in. (48 cm)  
Depth: 15-120 ft. (5-37 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Acanthuridae (Family) Surgeonfishes
      └Acanthurus (Genus)
       └A. leucocheilus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219629🔗
iNaturalist ID: 186999🔗

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