Dropoff Surgeonfish

Acanthurus nubilus, the bluelined surgeon, pin-striped surgeon, dark surgeonfish or dropoff surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Acanthurus nubilus was first formally described as Hepatus nubilus in 1929 by the American ichthyologists Henry Weed Fowler and Barton Appler Bean with its type locality given as Dodepo Island on the Gulf of Tomini off Sulawesi.

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Acanthurus nubilus es una especie de pez del género Acanthurus, familia Acanthuridae. Fue descrita científicamente por Fowler & Bean en 1929. ​ Se distribuye por el Pacífico Indo-Occidental: Indonesia, islas de la Sociedad y Nueva Caledonia.