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Indian Ocean Mimic Surgeonfish
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Indian Ocean Mimic Surgeonfish

Acanthurus tristis

Acanthurus tristis is a tang from the Indian Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 25 cm in length.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 187007.