Scientific Name	Acanthurus guttatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Forster, 1801	Depth	0 - 6M
Chinese	斑點刺尾鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	刺尾鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F470　Acanthuridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	斑點刺尾魚
Max Length	27 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	白點倒吊、粗皮仔、星粗皮鯛、粗皮倒吊(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North East、LanI Is.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tahiti, Society Is.
Synonyms	Harpurus guttatus, Hepatus guttatus, Rhombotides guttatus, Teuthis guttatus, Zabrasoma guttatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)  Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0060633. ASIZP0805898. ASIZP0805899. ASIZP0805900. ASIZP0915898. ASIZP0915899. ASIZP0915900. FRIP21193. NMMSTP00271. NTOU-AE6046. NTUM06603.
Common Name	Spotted surgeonfish; Whitespotted surgeonfish; Spotted tang; White-spotted surgeonfish; Spotband surgeonfish; Mustard surgeonfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays IX, 27-30 ; anal-fin rays III, 23-26 ; pectoral-fin rays 15-17. Body brown; spotted, white spots usually bordered with dark brown. Pelvic fins bright yellow. Each side of caudal peduncle with a single, sharp, forward-pointing erectile spine first gill arch. gill rakers on upper limb: 21-24 gill rakers on lower limb: 19-23.
habitats	Found on surge zone of exposed reefs or rocky shores. Usually in small schools. Browses on filamentous and calcareous algae.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: oceanic islands in the western Indian Ocean to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Tuamotu Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. throughout Micronesia. Found in Line, Mascarene and Society Islands. Taiwan: Lanyu, North-
Utility	Commercial fishery and aquarium species.