Acanthurus nigricans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Genus: | Acanthurus |
| Species: | A. nigricans
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The whitecheek surgeonfish,[2] also known as the goldenrim surgeonfish or yellow-spotted surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans), is a reef-associated tang found from the central Indo-Pacific area to the eastern Pacific coast, Hawaii included.[3] It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to 21.3 cm in length.
References
- ^ Choat, J.H.; Abesamis, R.; Clements, K.D.; McIlwain, J.; Myers, R.; Nanola, C.; Rocha, L.A.; Russell, B.; Stockwell, B. (2012). "Acanthurus nigricans". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T177969A1506081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T177969A1506081.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Pietsch, T.W. and D.B. Grobecker, (1987). Frogfishes of the world. Systematics, zoogeography, and behavioral ecology. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California.
- ^ "Acanthurus nigricans: Distribution". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
External links
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- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2008). "Acanthurus nigricans" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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