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Indian Ocean Mimic Surgeonfish

Acanthurus tristis

Classification

Acanthurus tristis, the Indian Ocean mimic surgeonfish, blackcheek surgeonfish or yellowspot 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 eastern Indian Ocean. Taxonomy Acanthurus tristis was first formally described in 1993 by the American ichthyologist John Ernest Randall with its type locality given as Lively Rocks off Trincomalee on the east coast of Sri Lanka.

Distribution

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