Scientific Name	Acanthurus olivaceus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bloch & Schneider, 1801	Depth	3 - 46M
Chinese	一字刺尾鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	刺尾鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F470　Acanthuridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	橙斑刺尾魚
Max Length	35 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	紅印倒吊、一字倒吊、倒吊(臺東)、番倒吊(澎湖)、憲兵(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North East、PonFu、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal、Lagoon、 Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	no locality
Synonyms	Acanthurus chrysosoma, Acanthurus eparei, Acanthurus erythromelas, Acanthurus humeralis, Acanthurus olicaceous, Ctenodon erythromelas, Harpurus paroticus, Hepatus chrysosoma, Hepatus olivaceus, Rhombotides olivaceus, Rhombotides xanthosoma, Teuthis olivaceus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055382. ASIZP0057399. ASIZP0058485. ASIZP0059218. ASIZP0065865. ASIZP0074564. ASIZP0800928. ASIZP0910928. FRIP00013. FRIP21434. FRIP21489. FRIP22447. NMMBP04316. NMMBP04840. NMMBP04841. NMMSTP00827. NTMP0760. NTMP1269. NTUM01093. NTUM01094. NTUM01095. NTUM01096. NTUM01097. NTUM01101. NTUM01102. NTUM01309. NTUM02050. NTUM07059. NTUM07282. RUSI37064.
Barcode	2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Olive surgeonfish; Orangespot surgeonfish; Orange spot tang; Orange band surgeonfish; Orange-ear surgeonfish; Orange-epaulette surgeonfish; Orangebar surgeonfish; Orangeband surgeonfish; Orange epoulette surgeon; Gendarme fish; Gendarmefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays IX, 23-25 ; anal-fin rays III, 22-24 ; pectoral-fin rays 16-17. Body of adult dark grayish brown; juveniles yellow. A bright orange horizontal band, with purplish black border posterior to upper end of gill opening. Head and anterior half of body usually abruptly paler than the posterior half. Large adult males with more definite convexity of snout profile.
habitats	Juveniles usually found in protected bays and lagoons, singly or in small groups at depth as little as 3 m. Adults occur singly or in schools and feed on surface film of detritus, diatoms, and fine filamentous algae covering sand and bare rock. The specie
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Hawaiian and and Tuamoto Islands, north to Japan, south to Lord Howe Island; throughout Micronesia. Taiwan: South, Penghu, Lanyu, Lyudao, East, North-East.
Utility	Commercial fishery and aquarium species.