Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Pale-Lipped Surgeonfish
Acanthurus leucocheilus
Pale-Lipped Surgeonfish
Category: Surgeonfishes
Scientific Name: Acanthurus leucocheilus
Size: Up to 19 in. (48 cm)  
Depth: 15-120 ft. (5-37 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Acanthuridae (Family)
      └Acanthurus (Genus)

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