← Back

Yellowtail Surgeonfish

Prionurus punctatus

Classification

Prionurus punctatus, the yellowtail surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This fish is found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Prionurus punctatus was first formally described in 1862 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with its type locality given as Cape San Lucas in Baja California Sur.

Distribution

(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 56