Whitetail Surgeonfish
Acanthurus thompsoni
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 42 diving areas across 27 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 7 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 6 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 16 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 6 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 59 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 46 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 9 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 8 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 12 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 5 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 182 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 12 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 28 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 53 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 94 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 7 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 6 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 445 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 5 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 46 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 16 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 20 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 9 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 9 records