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Acanthurus maculiceps (Ahl, 1923)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 26; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 22 - 24. Brown in color when preserved; a black bar on upper edge of gill opening; head spotted; a less intense dark mark just behind the eye, connected narrowly with the dark bar; a dark brown region around the caudal spine; outer third of upper pectoral rays pale yellow. Large adults develop a distinctly convex head profile (Ref. 1602). Gill rakers on anterior row:19-23, on posterior row: 21-24.

Common Names

  • Gamashuwag , Carolinian , Micronesia
  • Fregnet kirurgfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Earbar surgeonfish , English , Australia
  • Earbar surgeonfish , English , Christmas I.
  • Pale-lined surgeonfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Spot-face surgeon , English , Australia
  • Spot-face surgeon , English , Indonesia
  • Spotted-face surgeonfish , English , Australia
  • Spotted-face surgeonfish , English , Hawaii
  • Surgeonfish , English , Malaysia
  • White-freckled surgeonfish , English , Malaysia
  • White-freckled surgeonfish , English , Micronesia
  • White-freckled surgeonfish , English , Hawaii
  • Yellow-freckled surgeon fish , English , Hawaii
  • Irezuminiza , Japanese , Japan
  • Debam , Malay , Malaysia
  • Debam bintik putih , Malay , Malaysia
  • Dengkis , Malay , Malaysia
  • Gebang , Malay , Malaysia
  • 倒吊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 倒吊 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 头斑刺尾鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑头刺尾鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑頭刺尾魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 頭斑刺尾鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 黑带倒吊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Muk , Marshallese , Marshall Is.
  • Indangan , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Labahita , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Mungit , Visayan , Philippines
  • Sovahan , Visayan , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Acanthuriformes

    Family: Acanthuridae

    Genus: Acanthurus

    Species: Acanthurus maculiceps (Ahl, 1923)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific: Maldives (Ref. 30829); then from the Andaman Sea (Ref. 9710) and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Philippines and the Line Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Samoa.

    • Biology

    Inhabits clear outer reef flats and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Solitary or in small wide-ranging groups (Ref. 9710). Usually in schools of mixed similar species when grazing algae (Ref. 48637).

    Habitat

    associated