File:Acanthurus bahianus (ocean surgeonfish) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 3 (16150206782).jpg

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Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 - ocean surgeonfish.

Ocean surgeonfish are a type of doctorfish. Their bodies are often grayish to bluish gray, sometimes with yellowish tails and pectoral fins. A whitish vertical band is often present at the base of the tail, with a dark blue-colored spine just anterior to that.

Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Acanthuridae

Locality: landward of Snapshot Reef, Fernandez Bay, offshore western San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas
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Author James St. John

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