Whitechin Surgeonfish

Acanthurus albimento Carpenter, Williams & Santos, 2017

Also calledCirurgião-de-queixo-branco (por) · Peix cirurgià de barbeta blanca (cat) · Pesce chirurgo dal mento bianco (ita) · Pez Cirujano Whitechin (spa) · Pez cirujano de barbilla blanca (spa)

First described in: Carpenter, K. E.; Williams, J. T.; Santos, M. D. (2017). Acanthurus albimento, a new species of surgeonfish (Acanthuriformes: Acanthuridae) from northeastern Luzon, Philippines, with comments on zoogeography. <em>Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation.</em> 25, 33–46.

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”.