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Acanthuridae
62 species in this family
The Acanthuridae family includes 62 species in the guide. Browse them all below with photos, identification details and distribution — and identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.
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Achilles tang
Acanthurus achilles
Acanthuridae
Australian sawtail
Prionurus microlepidotus
Acanthuridae
Banded unicornfish
Naso annulatus
Acanthuridae
Barcheek unicornfish
Naso lituratus
Acanthuridae
Bariene surgeonfish
Acanthurus bariene
Acanthuridae
Bignose unicornfish
Naso vlamingii
Acanthuridae
Black doctorfish
Acanthurus chirurgus
Acanthuridae
Black surgeonfish
Acanthurus gahhm
Acanthuridae
Black surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigricans
Acanthuridae
Black surgeonfish
Zebrasoma rostratum
Acanthuridae
Black unicornfish
Naso hexacanthus
Acanthuridae
Black-barred surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigricauda
Acanthuridae
Blackspine unicornfish
Naso minor
Acanthuridae
Blackspot surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigrofuscus
Acanthuridae
Bleeker's surgeonfish
Acanthurus mata
Acanthuridae
Blue banded surgeonfish
Acanthurus lineatus
Acanthuridae
Blue surgeon
Paracanthurus hepatus
Acanthuridae
Blue surgeonfish
Acanthurus leucosternon
Acanthuridae
Blue tang surgeonfish
Acanthurus coeruleus
Acanthuridae
Bluelined sailfin tang
Zebrasoma scopas
Acanthuridae
Bluelined surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigroris
Acanthuridae
Bluelined surgeonfish
Acanthurus nubilus
Acanthuridae
Bluespine unicorn
Naso unicornis
Acanthuridae
Bluespotted bristletooth
Ctenochaetus marginatus
Acanthuridae
Bristle-toothed surgeonfish
Ctenochaetus striatus
Acanthuridae
Bristletoothed surgeonfish
Ctenochaetus strigosus
Acanthuridae
Brown unicornfish
Naso brevirostris
Acanthuridae
Chocolate surgeon
Acanthurus thompsoni
Acanthuridae
Chocolate surgeonfish
Acanthurus pyroferus
Acanthuridae
Chronixis surgeonfish
Acanthurus chronixis
Acanthuridae
Convict surgeon
Acanthurus triostegus
Acanthuridae
Cuvier's Surgeonfish
Acanthurus xanthopterus
Acanthuridae
Desjardin's sailfin tang
Zebrasoma desjardinii
Acanthuridae
Desjardin's sailfin tang
Zebrasoma velifer
Acanthuridae
Doubleband surgeonfish
Acanthurus tennentii
Acanthuridae
Dussumier's surgeonfish
Acanthurus dussumieri
Acanthuridae
Fowler's surgeonfish
Acanthurus fowleri
Acanthuridae
Gendarme fish
Acanthurus olivaceus
Acanthuridae
Head-band surgeonfish
Acanthurus leucopareius
Acanthuridae
Humpback unicornfish
Naso brachycentron
Acanthuridae
Humpnose unicornfish
Naso tuberosus
Acanthuridae
Japan surgeonfish
Acanthurus japonicus
Acanthuridae
Lemon sailfin
Zebrasoma flavescens
Acanthuridae
Monrovia doctorfish
Acanthurus monroviae
Acanthuridae
Mustard surgeonfish
Acanthurus guttatus
Acanthuridae
Ocean surgeonfish
Acanthurus bahianus
Acanthuridae
Oneknife unicornfish
Naso thynnoides
Acanthuridae
Orangetip bristletooth
Ctenochaetus tominiensis
Acanthuridae
Pale-lipped surgeonfish
Acanthurus leucocheilus
Acanthuridae
Razor surgeonfish
Prionurus laticlavius
Acanthuridae
Ringtail surgeonfish
Acanthurus blochii
Acanthuridae
Scalpel sawtail
Prionurus scalprum
Acanthuridae
Slender unicornfish
Naso lopezi
Acanthuridae
Sohal surgeonfish
Acanthurus sohal
Acanthuridae
Spotted sawtail
Prionurus maculatus
Acanthuridae
Spotted unicornfish
Naso maculatus
Acanthuridae
Squarenose unicornfish
Naso mcdadei
Acanthuridae
Twospot surgeonfish
Ctenochaetus binotatus
Acanthuridae
White-freckled surgeonfish
Acanthurus maculiceps
Acanthuridae
Whitefin surgeonfish
Acanthurus albipectoralis
Acanthuridae
Yellowtail surgeonfish
Prionurus punctatus
Acanthuridae
Yellowtail tang
Zebrasoma xanthurum
Acanthuridae