COMMON NAMES:
Yellowfin Surgeonfish.
SCIENTIFIC
NAME:
Acanthurus xanthopterus
DESCRIPTION:
Adults light blue to grey to purple. Horizontal yellow bar across eye.
Pectoral fins yellow. Juveniles have a white vertical bar at the base of the
causal fin.
RANGE:
Pacific Mexico to Ecuador. Also Indo Pacific and West Africa.
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