Roundspot Surgeonfish

Scientific Name: Acanthurus bariene
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 50cm
Identification: Brown to yellowish brown with yellow dorsal fin, and white lips; yellow bar behind gill cover, round black spot behind eye.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Clear seaward reefs in 6-50m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - E. Africa to Solomon Is. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.

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