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Elongate surgeonfish
Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829)
Also calledAnfoos (ara) · Balagi (fij) · Balagi nawa (fij) · Bekiru (mah) · Buntana (msa) · Chirurgien (fra) · Chirurgien pâle (fra) · Chirurgien élancé (fra) · Chirurgien élancé, Poisson docteur à queue blanche (fra) · Chirurgien, Grand picot de récif, Picot kanak (fra) · Cirurgião Comprido (por) · Cirurgião de Bleeker (por) · Cirurgião-alongado (por) · Dabahita (tgl)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Description: D: IX, 24 - 26; A: III, 23 - 24. Body elongated and slightly deep; dorsal profile of head gradually sloping to snout; mouth small; caudal fin lunate. Dark brown with narrow longitudinal blue line on head and body; a yellow area behind eye; two yellow bands radiating anteriorly from eye. Capable of change colour to overall pale blue. A single, sharp, forward-pointing erectile spine which folds down into a horizontal groove on each side of the caudal peduncle; spine in white sheath. Gill rakers 13 - 15 in both anterior and posterior rows. Scales minute.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
discussion
Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Ornamental & venomous. Size: 50 cm.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
distribution
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and east to the Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
materials_examined
Material examined: 1 ex, TL 252 mm, Digha Mohana, Reg. no. ZSI / MARC / F 769.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5209204.