Doctorfish
Acanthurus chirurgus
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 62 diving areas across 31 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 9 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 77 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 10320 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 81 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 38 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 38 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 6 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1265 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 962 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 58 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 111 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 129 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 114 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 8 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 8 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 15 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 25 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 8 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 7 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 36 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 16 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 71 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 12 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 5 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1335 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 836 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 755 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 28 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 8 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 7 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 7 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 7 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 20 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 2 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1403 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1438 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 175 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 207 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 102 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 14 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 96 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 7 records
- Utila, Honduras - 178 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 13 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 36 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 75 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 40 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 167 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 94 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 38 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 458 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 56 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 15 records