In the spotlight
Un retour à l'océan pour Ripple, la tortue caouanne
La tortue caouanne, recueillie par Nausicaá en janvier 2026 retrouve l'océan après un séjour au centre de soins de l'Aquarium La Rochelle.
Identity card
Whitespotted surgeonfish
- Scientific name:
- Acanthurus guttatus
- Family:
- Acanthuridae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- Forster, 1801
- IUCN Status:
- Least Concern
- Distribution:
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Indo-Pacific: oceanic islands from the western Indian Ocean to the Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands and Tuamoto Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Rapa.
- Habitat:
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It lives in shoals at shallow depths on reef plains subject to swells or currents.
- Size:
Up to 26 cm.
- Diet:
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Filamentous algae and calcareous algae.
