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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyAcanthuridae
  5. ›genusAcanthurus
Acanthurus auranticavus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Orange-socket Surgeonfish

Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956

Also calledBalagi (fij) · Cirurgião-de-Luzon (por) · Debam (msa) · Dengkis (msa) · Gelbsockel-Doktorfisch (deu) · Labahita (tgl) · Majinaikurohagi (jpn) · Peix cirurgià de Luzón (cat) · Pesce chirurgo coda ad anello (ita) · Pez Cirujano de Cola Anillada (spa) · bodlok oranžovoocasý (ces) · マジナイクロハギ (jpn) · Orangebladet Kirurgfisk (dan)

First described in: Randall, J. E. (1956). A revision of the surgeon fish genus Acanthurus. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 10 (2): 159-235, Pls. 1-3.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5209158.