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Updated 3/19/2024

Family Acanthuridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

 Acanthurus lineatus

Tafananai, American Samoa, 5 feet

 



Palau



Juvenile, Palau
 

Kuata, Fiji, 4 feet
   

LINED SURGEONFISH

Common in shallow water exposed to surge.  Attains 15 inches.  An adult was observed at Hanauma Bay in 1995.  East Africa to Okinawa and French Polynesia, waifs extremely rare in Hawai'i.