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Convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus) #114559593
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Acanthurus triostegus is one of the smaller tangs available for the aquarium. This surgeonfish seldom gets much larger than about 6 2/3 inches 17.0 cm in length. It is a widespread Indo-Pacific and Pacific species stretching from the west at Kenya into Indonesia, at the Hawaiian Islands, and east to the lower Gulf of California to the Panamas. It rarely exceeds 7.87 inches 20 cm with only rare specimens reported at 10.62 inches 27 cm.