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Identity card
Eyestripe surgeonfish
- Scientific name:
- Acanthurus dussumieri
- Family:
- Acanthuridae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- 1835, Valenciennes
- IUCN Status:
- Least Concern
- Distribution:
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Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands, Japan, and the Great Barrier Reef.
- Habitat:
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Found in shoals in offshore reefs, adults on deep slopes and around shipwrecks.
- Size:
35 cm, up to 54 cm.
- Diet:
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Algae, diatoms and detritus.
