In the spotlight
Births, breeding and transfers: discover the ‘new arrivals’ at Nausicaá
From egg collection to transfer to the tanks, breeding and rearing at Nausicaá.
Identity card
Convict surgeonfish
- Scientific name:
- Acanthurus triostegus
- Family:
- Acanthuridae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- Linnaeus, 1758
- IUCN Status:
- Least Concern
- Distribution:
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Tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to Polynesia, including Hawaii and California.
- Habitat:
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Coral reefs, lagoons, estuaries, mangroves at depths of 0 to 90 m.
- Size:
24 cm on average.
- Diet:
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Mainly filamentous algae.
