Scientific Name	Acanthurus nigricans   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Linnaeus, 1758)	Depth	1 - 67M
Chinese	白面刺尾鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	刺尾鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F470　Acanthuridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	白面刺尾魚
Max Length	21.3 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	頰面倒吊、黑面倒吊(臺東)
Distribution in World	Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Mari rubro
Synonyms	Acanthurus aliala, Acanthurus glaucoparecius, Acanthurus glaucopareius, Acanthurus japonicus, Chaetodon nigricans
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	ASIZP0059696. ASIZP0066130. ASIZP0801411. ASIZP0911411. FRIP21092. NMMBP01316. NMMBP04605. NMMBP04607. NMMBP05199. NMMBP06673. NMMSTP00053. NTUM00896. NTUM00897. NTUM00898. NTUM00899. NTUM00900. NTUM00902. NTUM00903. NTUM00904. NTUM00905. NTUM00913. NTUM00915. NTUM00917. NTUM01311. NTUM04895. NTUM08515. NTUM08516. NTUM08517.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Yellowrimmed surgeonfish; Yellow spotted surgeonfish; Whitetail surgeonfish; Whiteface surgeonfish; White-cheeked surgeonfish; Whitecheek surgeonfish; Blackear surgeonfish; Black surgeonfish; Goldrim surgeonfish; Golden rimmed surgeonfish; Gold-rim tang;
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays IX, 28-31 ; anal-fin rays III, 26-28 ; pectoral-fin rays 16.; Body black with a white spot broader than eye below and adjacent to eye; a narrow white band around mouth expect dorsally; a yellow band at base of dorsal and anal fins that broadens posteriorly to nearly full height of fins; caudal fin slightly emarginate color whitish with a yellow bar in posterior third.
habitats	Usually occurs on exposed outer reef aeras below heavy surge zone. Territorial, feeds on filamentous algae.
Distribution	Eastern Indian Ocean: known only from Cocos-Keeling Islands and Christmas Island. Pacific Ocean: Ryukyu Islands and Great Barrier Reef to the Hawaiian Islands and French Polynesia. Taiwan: South, Hsaioliuchiu, Lanyu, Lyudao, East.
Utility	Subsistence fishery and commercial aquarium species.