Sealife guideThe palette surgeonfishParacanthurus hepatus

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

Paletail unicornfish
(Naso brevirostris)

Kole tang
(Ctenochaetus strigosus)

Yellowfin surgeonfish
(Acanthurus xanthopterus)

Black-spot surgeonfish
(Acanthurus bariene)

Powder blue tang
(Acanthurus leucosternon)

Sailfin tang
(Zebrasoma velifer)

Indian sailfin surgeonfish
(Zebrasoma desjardinii)

Orangeband surgeonfish
(Acanthurus olivaceus)

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