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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Ray-finned Fishes
  5. Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes, and Allies
  6. Surgeonfishes, Tangs, and Unicornfishes

family

Surgeonfishes, Tangs, and Unicornfishes

Acanthuridae

Includes
10 native 23 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Common Surgeonfishes 6 native
  • Unicornfishes 2 native
  • Sailfin Tangs 1 native
  • Bristletooth Tangs 1 native
  • Sawtail Surgeonfishes
  • Palette Tangs

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Bluespine Unicornfish Naso unicornis 4,106 observations
  • Dusky Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus 4,087 observations
  • Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish Naso lituratus 3,869 observations
  • Hawaiian Convict Surgeonfish Acanthurus sandvicensis 3,662 observations
  • Yellow Tang Zebrasoma flavescens 3,574 observations
  • Dark Surgeonfish Acanthurus blochii 1,658 observations
  • Goldring Surgeonfish Ctenochaetus strigosus 1,127 observations

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