Acanthurus leucocheilus

Acanthurus leucocheilus is a tropical fish also known as the palelipped surgeonfish or the white-spine surgeonfish.[1] It is used commercially in aquariums.[2]

Acanthurus leucocheilus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Acanthurus
Species:
A. leucocheilus
Binomial name
Acanthurus leucocheilus
Herre, 1927

References

  1. Common names for Acanthurus leucocheilus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Acanthurus leucocheilus at www.fishbase.org.


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