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Dropoff Surgeonfish
Acanthurus nubilus (Fowler & Bean, 1929)
Also calledBloulyn-doktervis (afr) · Chirurgien des tombants (fra) · Chirurgien rond (fra) · Cirurgião-cerúleo (por) · Peix cirurgià príncep (cat) · Pesce chirurgo ceruleo (ita) · Pez Cirujano de Líneas Azules (spa) · bodlok modropruhý (ces) · maito (tah) · Storfregnet Kirurgfisk (dan)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Eastern Indonesia east to Society, Tuamotu and Pitcairn islands. Found on slopes of seaward coral reefs, 20 – 90 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 a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District at 20 m depth by Dean Tully on 28 June 2013); a video of a specimen taken at Martha's Shoal, east of New Hanover, St. KR 154, at 6 – 20 m depth, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5209251.