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Acanthurus guttatus (Mustard surgeonfish; Mustard tang; Spotband surgeonfish; Spotted surgeonfish; Spotted tang; White-spotted surgeon; Whitespotted surgeonfish; White-spotted surgeonfish)

Synonyms: Harpurus guttatus; Hepatus guttatus; Rhombotides guttatus; Teuthis guttatus; Zabrasoma guttatus
Language: Carolinian; Cebuano; Danish; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; Gela; Hawaiian; Ilokano; Japanese; Kiribati; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Marshallese; Niuean; Other; Rapa; Samoan; Surigaonon; Tagalog; Tahitian; Tuvaluan; Visayan; Wallisian; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

The Whitespotted surgeonfish or (Acanthurus guttatus) is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae. It is found in shallow waters on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Spirocamallanus colei <Unverified Name>[1]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

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Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Aquarium & Rainforest at Moody Gardens
John G. Shedd Aquarium

Distribution

Agulhas Current; American Samoa; Australia; Caroline Island; Chagos Islands; Christmas Island (Aust.); Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Cook Islands; Coral Sea and GBR; Fiji Islands; French Polynesia; Great Barrier Reef; Guam; Hawaii (USA); Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean, Western; Indo-Pacific: oceanic islands in the western Indian Ocean to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Rapa.; Indonesia; Insular Pacific-Hawaiian; Japan; Johnston Island; Kiribati; Kuroshio Current; Maldives; Marquesas Islands; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Micronesia,Fed.States of; New Caledonia; Niue; North Australian Shelf; North Marianas; Northeast Australian Shelf; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Eastern Central; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific, Western Central; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Pitcairn; Polynesian Waters; Ryukyu Islands; Réunion; Samoa; South China Sea; Tahiti; Taiwan; Tonga; Tuamoto Islands; US Minor Outlying Is.; Vanuatu; Wake Island; Yellow Sea;

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Citations

Species recognized by Group expert : Randall, J.E., 02-Oct-2012, FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011