Doubleband Surgeonfish
Acanthurus tennentii
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 13 diving areas across 10 countries and 1 regions.
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 8 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 298 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 6 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 46 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 3 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 34 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records