Sealife guideThe palette surgeonfishParacanthurus hepatus

Last updated on 09/17/2024 at 11:51 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Palette surgeonfish, Dory
French name: Poisson chirurgien bleu à palette, Dory
Scientific name: Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Family name: Acanthuridae
Order name: Acanthuriformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The palette surgeonfish, well kown as Dory, is one from famous fish species from « Finding Nemo » film !

The palette surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus) © Ian Scott | Dreamstime.com

The palette surgeonfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The palette surgeonfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2012 within the category Least Concern !

Within the same family

Blue tang surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)

Bluetail unicornfish
(Naso caeruleacauda)

Doctorfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)

Japanese surgeonfish
(Acanthurus japonicus)

Mimic surgeonfish
(Acanthurus pyroferus)

Ocean tang
(Acanthurus bahianus)

Sohal surgeonfish
(Acanthurus sohal)

Striped surgeonfish
(Acanthurus lineatus)

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(Epinephelus malabaricus)

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(Parupeneus multifasciatus)

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(Xyrichtys martinicensis)

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(Ostorhinchus chrysopomus)

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