Acanthurus guttatus, also known as hamoktan or whitespotted surgeonfish, was one on the species studied in the Mariana Islands. An international team of researchers led by an assistant professor from ...

ABSTRACT: The ocean surgeonfish Acanthurus bahianus, an abundant small herbivore on reefs throughout the tropical west and central Atlantic, is a significant component of Caribbean trap-fishery ...

They were oceans apart for thousands of years, but now they are reunited. Fish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans that have become separate species are getting it on at island retreats, and having ...

Copeia is an internationally respected, widely-cited quarterly that publishes original research on fishes, amphibians and reptiles, emphasizing systematics, ecology, conservation, behavior, genetics, ...

A larval-stage surgeonfish (Acanthurus coeruleus). Surgeonfish are only biofluorescent as juveniles, according to John Sparks, curator of ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History. The ...

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Scuba divers surveying marine life off of Ecuador found several out-of-place fish species in first-of-their-kind sightings, photos show. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Plunging into the ...

One of the biggest movie stars of 2016 is Dory, a precocious and forgetful fish featured in "Finding Dory." Dory is a cartoon depiction of a Paracanthurus hepatus, a type of surgeonfish that also has ...