Fiveband Surgeonfish
Acanthurus tractus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,949
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Acanthurus tractus, the five-band surgeonfish, ocean surgeon, or ocean surgeonfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Acanthuridae found in the western Atlantic Ocean, Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Until recently, it was considered a synonym of Acanthurus bahianus, but its status as a separate species was resurrected in 2011.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Acanthurus tractus”.