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Acanthurus tennentii Günther, 1861

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 24; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 22 - 23. Brown in color, specimens up to 12 cm SL with black horseshoe mark on shoulder region breaking into 2 horizontal curved bands in larger specimens; caudal spine surrounded by a black area which is then surrounded by a bluish white area; caudal fin with a white posterior border (Ref. 3145).

Common Names

  • Luitenant-doktervis , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Nyeve , Comorian , Comoros
  • Løjtnant-kirurgfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Doubleband surgeonfish , English , Malaysia
  • Doubleband surgeonfish , English , Global
  • Leutenant surgeonfish , English , Micronesia
  • Lieutenant surgeon , English , Indonesia
  • Lieutenant surgeonfish , English , South Africa
  • Lieutenant surgeonfish , English , USA
  • Surgeonfish , English , Malaysia
  • Rõngasoga-kirurgkala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Chirurgien fer à cheval , French , France
  • Barat-barat , Malay , Malaysia
  • Debam , Malay , Malaysia
  • Debam dua jalur , Malay , Malaysia
  • Dengkis , Malay , Malaysia
  • Karutha-kotti , Malayalam , India
  • Neythala , Malayalam , India
  • Pala , Malayalam , India
  • കറുതാ കൊട്ടി , Malayalam , India
  • കറൂത്ത കൊറ്റി , Malayalam , India
  • നെയ് ത്തള , Malayalam , India
  • നെയ്തല , Malayalam , India
  • പല , Malayalam , India
  • പാള , Malayalam , India
  • Rykathi , Maldivian , India
  • 坦氏刺尾魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 坦氏刺尾鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Cirurgião ferradura , Portuguese , Mozambique
  • Kaxan , Somali , Somalia
  • Sangrador herradura , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Acanthuriformes

    Family: Acanthuridae

    Genus: Acanthurus

    Species: Acanthurus tennentii Günther, 1861

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indian Ocean: East Africa to Sri Lanka and the Lesser Sunda Islands of southern Indonesia. The Red Sea record by Dor (1984, Ref. 2198) is an error.

    • Biology

    Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs, 1 to over 20 m depth (Ref. 9710, 48637). Also found in slopes from silty inshore to outer reefs (Ref. 48637). Solitary or in groups (Ref. 90102). Sometimes occurs in small shoals. Grazes on benthic algae (Ref. 30573).

    Habitat

    associated