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Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
CONVICT SURGEONFISH
Convict Surgeon; Convict Surgeon-fish; Five-banded Surgeon-fish; Rhombotides triostegus Linnaeus, 1758; Teuthis triostegus Linnaeus, 1758; Teuthis australis Gray, 1827; Chaetodon triostegus Linnaeus, 1758; Convict tang

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Acanthurus triostegus triostegus
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Acanthurus triostegus triostegus
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Overview
Main identification features
  • pale green + 6 thin black bars
Dorsal rays IX, 22-26; anal rays III, 19-22; pectoral rays 15-16; gill rakers on first arch 18-22; body depth 1.8-2.0 in standard length; caudal spine relatively small, about 10 in head; tail fin slightly concave.

Overall whitish to light greenish grey with six narrow black bars on head and body.

Maximum size, 27 cm.

Often seen in aggregations that graze on algae over rocky or coral reefs in 1-10 m; common around offshore islands, the young often occur in tide pools.

Depth: 0-90 m.

Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Americas; known in the eastern Pacific from the mouth of the Gulf of California to Ecuador and all the oceanic islands.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 90 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: benthic microalgae.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=25; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=27; Longitudinal range=37.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Herbivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 27 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
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  • Brock, V.E., 1943., Distributional notes on the fishes of Lower California and the West Coast of Mexico II., Copeia, 1943(2):130-131.
  • Castro-Aguirre , J. L. , Balart , E. F. and Arvizu-Martínez, J., 1995., Contribución al conocimiento del origen y distribución de la ictiofauna del Golfo de California, México., Hidrobiologica, 5:57-78.
  • Castro-Aguirre, J.L. and Balart, E.F., 2002., La ictiofauna de las islas Revillagigedos y sus relaciones zoogeograficas, con comentarios acerca de su origen y evolucion. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:153-170.
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  • Jordan , and McGregor,., 1898., List of fishes collected at the Revillagigedo archipelago and neighboring islands., Rept. U.S. Fisheries Comm., 24:271-284.
  • Linnaeus, C., 1758., Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae., Systema Nat. ed. 10, 1:1-824.
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