Scientific Name	Acanthurus nigrofuscus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	2 - 25M
Chinese	褐斑刺尾鯛	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	刺尾鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F470　Acanthuridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	褐斑刺尾魚
Max Length	21 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	斑面倒吊、黑面倒吊(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Djedda, Red Sea
Synonyms	Acanthurus bipunctatus, Acanthurus elongatus, Acanthurus flavoguttatus, Acanthurus fuliginosus, Acanthurus gahm, Acanthurus lineolatus, Acanthurus marginatus, Acanthurus mata, Acanthurus matoides, Acanthurus nigroris, Acanthurus rubropunctatus, Chaetodon nigrofuscus, Ctenodon rubropunctatus ...all 20..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)；Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)
Specimen List	ASIZP0054123. ASIZP0054857. ASIZP0054968. ASIZP0055054. ASIZP0057757. ASIZP0057758. ASIZP0078926. FRIP20001. FRIP20245. FRIP21084. NMMBP00478. NMMBP00872. NMMBP01077. NMMBP01678. NMMBP02473. NMMBP05505. NMMBP05665. NMMBP05666. NMMBP05679. NTOUP200611-778. NTOUP200801-022. NTUM00780. NTUM00783. NTUM00784. NTUM00785. NTUM00786. NTUM00787. NTUM00788. NTUM00789. NTUM00790. NTUM00791. NTUM00792. NTUM00794. NTUM00795. NTUM00802. NTUM00805. NTUM00809. ...List all 42 records...
Common Name	Spot-cheeked surgeonfish; Blackspot surgeonfish; Brown surgeonfish; Brown surgeon; Dusky surgeonfish; Lavender tang
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays IX, 24-27 ; anal-fin rays III, 22-24 ; pectoral-fin rays 16-17. Body brown; with or without fine bluish gray longitudinal lines; pale pectoral fins with upper edge narrowly black; pelvics brown. Lips blackish brown; median upper teeth tend to be pointed. Dorsal fin base with a prominent black spot larger than 1/2 eye diameter; a smaller spot on base of anal fin. Groove of caudal peduncle spine encircled with a narrow black margin. Gill rakers on upper limb girst gill arch:20-24; on lower limb:18-23.
habitats	Generally found on shallow coral reefs or rocky bottom from the lower surge zone to a depth of more than 15 m. Feed on filamentous algae. Form spawning aggregations. A species at the bottom of the 'pecking order' among surgeon fishes, and as a result empl
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Transkei, South Africa and east to the Hawaiian and Tuamotu islands; north to southern Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, and Rapa. Throughout Micronesia. Mascarene, Line and Society Islands. Ta
Utility	Commercial fishery and aquarium species.