Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish
Acanthurus tractus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Acanthurus tractus, the five-band surgeonfish, ocean surgeon, or ocean surgeonfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Acanthuridae found in the western Atlantic Ocean, Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Until recently, it was considered a synonym of Acanthurus bahianus, but its status as a separate species was resurrected in 2011.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus