Brown Surgeonfish

Acanthurus nigrofuscus, the brown surgeonfish, blackspot surgeonfish, brown tang, dusky surgeon, lavender tang or spot-cheeked surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornishes and tangs. This species is a common and abundant fish occurring across a wide Indo-Pacific range. Taxonomy Acanthurus nigrofuscus was first formally described as Chaetodon nigrofuscus in 1775 by the Swedish-speaking Finnish explorer, orientalist and naturalist Peter Forsskål with its type locality given as Jeddah.

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Acanthurus nigrofuscus es un pez cirujano, de la familia Acanthuridae. Su nombre más común en inglés es Brown surgeonfish, o pez cirujano marrón. ​ Es una especie ampliamente distribuida por el océano Indo-Pacífico, común y dominante en la mayor parte de su rango de distribución.