Size: 6-15 in.
ID: Uniform blue or gray or brown, eye radial marks
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Acanthuridae / Surgeonfishes
Genus Species: Acanthurus bahianus /
Ocean Surgeonfish
Habitat: reef
Typical food: algae scraped from rocks and corals
Other information: the family Surgeonfish refers
to the sharp scalpel spine on each side of the tail base;
for defense it slashes with that spine by moving the tail from side
to side
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