Blue Doctor
Acanthurus coeruleus
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 32 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 23 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 7 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 5 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 139 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 184 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 18086 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 9 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 12 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 28 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 203 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 34 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 34 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 6 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 31 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 3242 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 2325 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 261 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 374 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 337 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 305 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 19 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 27 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 29 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 39 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 159 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 51 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 30 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 29 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 6 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 221 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 156 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 132 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 24 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 2851 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 2191 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2300 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 227 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 22 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 22 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 30 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 30 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 17 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 71 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 3889 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3347 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 545 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 583 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 306 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 32 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 291 records
- Utila, Honduras - 541 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 104 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 53 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 188 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 59 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 56 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 36 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 2264 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 121 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 15 records