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Golden Rim Surgeonfish

Acanthurus nigricans

Classification

Acanthurus nigricans, the goldrim surgeonfish, velvet surgeon, whitecheek surgeonfish, yellow-banded surgeonfish or yellowrimmed surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found from the central Indo-Pacific area to the eastern Pacific coast, Hawaii included. Taxonomy Acanthurus nigricans was first formally described by Linnaeus in the 10th edition of the Systema Naturae published in 1758 with the type locality given as the Red Sea but it is actually thought to be Indonesia.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 246France · 232United States of America · 197