Achilles Tang
Acanthurus achilles
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus
Where to Find
Found in 13 diving areas across 11 countries and 3 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 12 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 6 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 8 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 5 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 12 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 69 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 6 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 193 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records