[Image]Scientific Name: Acanthurus nigricans
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 21cm
Identification: Dark brown to navy blue or black, white tail with yellow bar; white patch below eye, white ring behind mouth, yellow line at base of dorsal and anal fins, yellow tail spine.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Exposed reefs to 40m.
Location: East Indo-Pacific - Christmas I. to Indonesia, Micronesia and Hawaii. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.