Scientific Name	Acanthurus thompsoni   Pronounce			by: Ching-Yi Chen
Author	(Fowler, 1923)	Depth	4 - 75M
Chinese	黃尾刺尾鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	刺尾鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F470　Acanthuridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	黃尾刺尾魚
Max Length	27 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	倒吊、粗皮仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North、North East、PonFu、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Calapan, Mindoro I., Philippines
Synonyms	Acanthurus philippinus, Hepatus philippinus, Hepatus thompsoni, Teuthis thompsoni
Reference	Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)  Fowler, H. W. 1923 Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990
Specimen List	ASIZP0060472.
Common Name	Whitetail surgeonfish; Thompson's surgeonfish; Thompson's tang; Chocolate surgeonfish; Chocolate surgeon
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays IX, 23-26 ; anal-fin rays III, 23-26 ; pectoral-fin rays 17. Body brown to dark brown with a darker brown sport in axil of pectoral fin. At rear base of dorsal fin with a black spot; caudal fin colored like the body in Hawaii species but white in other locality species.
habitats	Feed on zooplankton, particularly large gelatinous forms, and on fish eggs and crustaceans well above the bottom, or in the case of drop-offs, well away from the wall. Form schooling species occurs in steep outer reef slopes and drop-offs.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesas, and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Rapa; throughout Micronesia. The Indian Ocean population is without the white caudal fin. Society and Mascarene Islands. Taiwan: Penghu, Lanyu, Lyud
Utility	Commercial aquarium species.