Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Palau
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Palette Surgeonfish
Paracanthurus hepatus
Palette Surgeonfish
Category: Surgeonfishes
Scientific Name: Paracanthurus hepatus
Size: Up to 10 in. (26 cm)
Depth: 3-20 ft. (1-6 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Acanthuriformes (Order)
└Acanthuridae (Family)
└Paracanthurus (Genus)
└P. hepatus (Species)
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