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Thompson's surgeonfish
Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923)
Also calledChirurgien de Thompson (fra) · Chirurgien à Queue Blanche (fra) · Cirurgião Chocolate (por) · Cirurgião-de-Thompson (por) · Labahita (tgl) · Ohagurohagi (jpn) · Peix cirurgià de Thompson (cat) · Pesce chirurgo di Thompson (ita) · Pez Cirujano de Thompson (spa) · Pone-i'usina (smo) · Sjokolade-doktervis (afr) · bodlok Thompsonův (ces) · maito (tah) · オハグロハギ (jpn)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: East Africa, South Africa, Mozambique Channel, Seychelles and western Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands and Ducie (Pitcairn Group), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia, New Caledonia and Rapa. Found on seaward coral reef slopes and drop-offs, 4 – 75 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed at St. KVG 18 (south side of Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouët on 18 Aug. 2014; others photographed at St. KVG 28 (southeast of New Hanover) by Serge Andréfouët on 24 Aug. 2014.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5209215.