Whitespotted Surgeonfish
Acanthurus guttatus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 526
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Acanthurus guttatus, the whitespotted surgeonfish, spotted surgeonfish, mustard surgeonfish, mustard tang or spotband surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes or tangs. It is found in shallow waters on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Acanthurus guttatus”.