White-Spotted Surgeonfish

Scientific Name: Acanthurus guttatus
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 29cm
Identification: Darkish with numerous white spots or streaks rear body; white bar behind eye and behind pectoral fin, yellowish foretail.
Favourite: Usually form groups.
Hide-out: Surge zone to 4m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Mauritius to Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawaii and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.

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