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sur·geon·fish

 (sûr′jən-fĭsh′)
n. pl. surgeonfish or sur·geon·fish·es
Any of various brightly colored tropical marine fishes of the family Acanthuridae, having a laterally compressed body with one or more sharp erectile spines near the base of the tail, and often kept in home aquariums. Also called tang.
[From its lancetlike spines, which resemble surgeons' instruments.]
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surgeonfish

(ˈsɜːdʒənˌfɪʃ)
n, pl -fish or -fishes
(Animals) any tropical marine spiny-finned fish of the family Acanthuridae, having a compressed brightly coloured body with one or more knifelike spines at the base of the tail
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.surgeonfish - brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tailsurgeonfish - brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Acanthuridae, family Acanthuridae - surgeonfishes
Acanthurus chirurgus, doctorfish, doctor-fish - surgeon fish of the West Indies
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The likelihood of extinction of iconic and dominant herbivores and detritivores of coral reefs: the parrotfishes and surgeonfishes. PLOS ONE 7(7), e39825.
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(2009) studied three wild congeners species of surgeonfishes (Acanthurus coeruleus, Acanthurus bahianus and Acanthurus chirurgtis) collected from the same sites and observed differences in parasitological indexes between the species.
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Temporal spawning patterns of several surgeonfishes and wrasses in American Samoa.
Feeding habits of the convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus (Teleostei: Acanthuridae) on the Los Frailes reef, Baja California Sur, Mexico
More than two thirds of the assemblage by NISP is made up of just four families: parrotfishes (l) (Scaridae), surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae), wrasses (Labridae), and emperors (Lethrinidae).
Temporal trends in prehistoric fishing in Palau, Micronesia over the last 1500 years
Below them, the thicket of what obviously was once a spectacular coral world is now choked in velvety algae and aswarm with the herbivorous species of parrotfishes, surgeonfishes, rabbitfishes, blennies, damselfishes, mollusks, and sea urchins.
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Recreational Fisheries in Biscayne National Park, Florida, 1976-1991
Effects on population densities and grazing intensity of parrotfishes and surgeonfishes. Marine Biology 104:79-86.
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On the spawning behavior and spawning cycles of eight surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae) from the Indo-Pacific.
Settlement vs. environmental dynamics in a pelagic-spawning reef fish at Caribbean Panama
Parrotfishes and surgeonfishes appear to play a critical role in preventing phase shifts to macroalgae but when presented with intact stands of macroalgae, their ability to remove the algae may be limited (Bellwood et al.
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