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surgeonfish (noun) - a type of colorful marine fish found in tropical waters, known for their distinctive scalpel-like spines near their tails
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- Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They are named "surgeonfish" because they bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.
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Every afternoon for two monthsbrown surgeonfish.
The surgeonfish is especially dangerous once it has been caught.
Its common name is black surgeonfish.
Elongate surgeonfish is a planktivore with a preference for the zooplankton.
Yellow tang are in the surgeonfish family.
These surgeonfish react to the presence of mantas by trying to evade them.
Every afternoon for two months brown surgeonfish.
It is probably the only surgeonfish that readily takes bait.
This is home to blennies and surgeonfish.
All surgeonfish are herbivores.
It is a highly territorial animal with other species of surgeonfish.
These are surgeonfish.
The spines are relatively small when compared to other surgeonfish.
These powder blue surgeonfish graze on algae and they are highly territorial.
Is one of the largest of all surgeonfish.
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This Surgeonfish changes colour from orange to brown as it ages.
It is closely related to the surgeonfish.
Brown surgeonfish Every afternoon for two months can be seen streaming across.
Blue tang is the common name of several species of surgeonfish.
Naso tergus is a species of reef surgeonfish in the family Acanthuridae.
Can be seen streaming acrossreefs in the Red Sea Every afternoon for two monthsbrown surgeonfish.
Acanthurus coeruleus is a surgeonfish found commonly in the Atlantic Ocean.
They are aggressive to other surgeonfish.
The whitespotted surgeonfish is deep-bodied and laterally compressed.
Atlantic blue tang surgeonfish.
The surgeonfish are named for this scalpel-like spine.
But they appear without fail whenever the surgeonfish spawn.
As the surgeonfish spawn, fusiliersmove in above to eat the nutritious eggs.
English common names Sohal surgeonfish.
As the surgeonfish spawn, fusiliers move in above to eat the nutritious eggs.
It is, territorial and aggressive with other surgeonfish.
Its common names are elongate surgeonfish and blue-lined surgeonfish.
There is something wrong with the cow 's head surgeonfish.
The timid surgeonfish also have a weapon of defense, a small sharp blade near their tail.
This is a blue tang, a type of surgeonfish.
The palette surgeonfish shoots through tropical Indo-Pacific waters like a bright blue flash.
Every afternoon for two months, brown surgeonfish can be seen.
When young, this Surgeonfish resembles Centropyge eibli.
Its common names are powder blue tang and powder-blue surgeonfish.
Naso is a genus of fish in the surgeonfish family, Acanthuridae.
Such aggressive fish would include triggerfish, large angelfish, and most surgeonfish.
Whitespotted surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus) in aquarium.
Many species are aggressive towards other fishes which also graze on algae, such as surgeonfish.
Epulopiscium spp . are intestinal symbionts of certain species of surgeonfish belonging to the family Acanthuridae.
The Whitefin surgeonfish ("Acanthurus albipectoralis") is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae.
This is an important food for gangs of Yellow-tailed surgeonfish.
Cow 's head surgeonfish pain.
Begin to assemble on these high tides . Thousands of resident surgeonfish.
The manini ( " Acanthurus triostegus " ) is a small surgeonfish in family Acanthuridae of the order Perciformes.
Dory is a Paracanthurus hepatus, what most snorkelers refer to as a Surgeonfish.
