Blackspot Surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigrofuscus
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 69 diving areas across 35 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 46 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 46 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 446 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 6 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 97 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 177 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 207 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 16 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 33 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 12 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 7 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 112 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 38 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 10 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 202 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 24 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 48 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 5 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 23 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 91 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 135 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 17 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2640 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 52 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 36 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 1119 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 491 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 584 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 22 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 9 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 7 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 60 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 34 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 5 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 24 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 28 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 475 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 12 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 15 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 295 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 89 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 20 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 125 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 3 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 5 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 5 records
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - 57 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 18 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 9 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 9 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 107 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 114 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 140 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 33 records