Black Surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigricans
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 45 diving areas across 24 countries and 8 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 46 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 46 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 85 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 7 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 15 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 57 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 57 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 14 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 27 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 70 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 19 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 71 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 926 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 32 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1164 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 736 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 60 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 76 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 109 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 169 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 5 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 58 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2832 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 16 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 10 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 55 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 33 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 89 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 17 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 6 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 5 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 41 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 21 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 6 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 47 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 54 records