Blue-lined Surgeonfish
Acanthurus lineatus
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 72 diving areas across 34 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 8 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 8 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 310 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 74 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 33 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 36 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 8 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 13 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 8 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 42 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 7 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 21 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 43 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 20 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 154 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 255 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 65 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 57 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 65 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 111 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 18 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 40 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 958 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 141 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 528 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 254 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 78 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 151 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 10 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 29 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 35 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 10 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 16 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 8 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 8 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 66 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 68 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 15 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 17 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 9 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 8 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 49 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 15 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 38 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 5 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 12 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 75 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 4 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 2 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 29 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 37 records