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Blackspot surgeonfish
Acanthurus bariene
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blackspot surgeonfish
- Scientific
- Acanthurus bariene
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 50 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 6 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2010
Description
A brown surgeonfish with a round black spot just behind the eye and a dark blue line along the bases of the dorsal and anal fins; large males develop a bulging forehead. It reaches about 50 cm and grazes algal films on deep outer reef slopes.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Acanthurus-bariene.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Acanthurus_bariene.png
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.