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Palelipped Surgeonfish

Acanthurus leucocheilus

Classification

Acanthurus leucocheilus, the palelipped surgeonfish or the white-spine surgeonfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes or tangs. This fish is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Taxonomy Acanthurus leucocheilus was first formally described in 1927 by the American ichthyologist Albert William Herre, with the type localities Bantayan, Cebu and Agutaya, in the Philippines.

Distribution

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