Scientific Name	Acanthurus maculiceps   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Ahl, 1923)	Depth	1 - 15M
Chinese	頭斑刺尾鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	刺尾鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F470　Acanthuridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	斑頭刺尾魚
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	黑帶倒吊
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Sw. Pacific
Synonyms	Hepatus maculiceps, Hepatus nigricans
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0054771. ASIZP0055077. ASIZP0055174. ASIZP0057755. ASIZP0058620. ASIZP0070764. FRIP20031. NMMBP01080. NMMBP03012. NMMBP03232. NMMBP05581. NTOUP200712-103. NTUM00119. NTUM00976. NTUM00977. NTUM00978. NTUM00982. NTUM00984. NTUM00986. NTUM00987. NTUM00988. NTUM00990. NTUM00991. NTUM04141.
Common Name	Pale-lined surgeonfish; White-freckled surgeonfish; Yellow-freckled surgeon fish; Earbar surgeonfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays IX, 4-25 ; anal-fin rays III, 3-24 ; pectoral-fin rays 16. Body brown with a black bar on upper edge of gill opening; head spotted; a less intense dark mark just behind the eye, connected narrowly with the dark bar. Around caudal peduncle spine with a dark brown region; outer third of upper pectoral rays pale yellow. Large adults develop a distinctly convex head profile.
habitats	Generally found in coastal to outer reef flats from 1 to at least 30m. Usually in schools of mixed similar species when grazing algae.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: From the Andaman Sea and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Philippines and the Line Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Samoa. Taiwan: South, Hsiaoliuchiu, Lanyu, Lyudao, North.
Utility	Commercial fishery and aquarium species.