Spotted-face Surgeonfish
Acanthurus maculiceps
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Acanthuridae
Acanthurus maculiceps, the white-freckled surgeonfish, yellow-freckled surgeonfish, pale-lined surgeonfish, spotted-faced surgeonfish or earbar surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indo-West Pacific region. Taxonomy Acanthurus maculiceps was first formally described in 1923 by the German zoologist Ernst Ahl with its type locality given as Talasea, a village on the Island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
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Acanthurus maculiceps es una especie de pez marino de la familia de los peces cirujanos (Acanthuridae). Es una especie ampliamente distribuida en el océano Indo-Pacífico, y rara en la mayor parte de su área de distribución, aunque razonablemente común en algunas áreas como el mar de Bismarck en Papúa Nueva Guinea o Raja Ampat en Indonesia. Descripción Posee la morfología típica de su familia, cuerpo comprimido lateralmente y ovalado.
Distribution
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