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About Surgeonfish

Family Acanthuridae. Including: Surgeonfishes and tangs (Acanthurus species, Zebrasoma species); Doctorfish (Acanthurus chirugus); Unicornfishes or kalas (Naso species). The Acanthuridae are a family of ray-finned fish which includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 extant species of marine fishes living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs. Many of the species are brightly colored and popular in aquaria. The Acanthuridae are a family of ray-finned fish which includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 extant species of marine fishes living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs. Many of the species are brightly colored and popular in aquaria. Etymology The family name comes from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha), meaning "spine", and οὐρά (ourá), meaning "tail", a reference to the scalpel-like bony plates on the type species' caudal peduncle. In the early 1900s, the family was called Hepatidae. Subfamilies and genera Acanthuridae contains these extant subfamilies and genera: Subfamily Nasinae Fowler & Bean, 1929 Genus Naso Lacépède, 1801 Subfamily Acanthurinae Bonaparte, 1835 Tribe Acanthurini Bonaparte, 1839 Genus Acanthurus Forsskål 1775 Genus Ctenochaetus Gill, 1884 Tribe Prionurini J. L. B. Smith, 1966 Genus Prionurus Lacépède, 1804 Tribe Zebrasomini Winterbottom, 1993 Genus Paracanthurus Bleeker, 1863 Genus Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839 Evolution and fossil record Several extinct genera are known from fossils dating from the Eocene to Miocene: Eocene genera A particularly large diversity of fossil surgeonfish is known from...