Acanthurus leucocheilus

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Acanthurus leucocheilus
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Acanthurus
Species:
A. leucocheilus
Binomial name
Acanthurus leucocheilus
Herre, 1927

Acanthurus leucocheilus is a tropical fish also known as the palelipped surgeonfish or the white-spine surgeonfish.[2] It is used commercially in aquariums.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Abesamis, R.; Clements, K.D.; McIlwain, J.; Myers, R.; Nanola, C.; Rocha, L.A.; Russell, B.; Stockwell, B. (2012). "Acanthurus leucocheilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T177994A1515329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T177994A1515329.en. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ Common names for Acanthurus leucocheilus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Acanthurus leucocheilus at www.fishbase.org.

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