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Palelipped surgeonfish
Acanthurus leucocheilus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Palelipped surgeonfish
- Scientific
- Acanthurus leucocheilus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 45 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 40 m (usually 3 to 30 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2010
Description
A blackish-brown surgeonfish with a pale band around the mouth, a white chest band, a broad pale band at the tail base and a white tail spine, reaching about 45 cm. It lives on clear seaward reefs near drop-offs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Acanthurus-leucocheilus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:AcanthurusleucocheilusTulambenBali(14).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.