Black-barred Surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigricauda
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 27 countries and 5 regions.
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 59 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 15 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 18 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 6 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 15 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 24 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 27 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 27 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 9 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 18 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 16 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 113 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 100 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 47 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 101 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 10 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 16 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 88 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 25 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 72 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 13 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 29 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 6 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 17 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 20 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 219 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 49 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 21 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 1 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 1 records