surgeonfish

English

'Acanthurus xanthopterus, a surgeonfish with the mark on the caudal peduncle showing the location of the sharp spine alongside the tail.

The exposed spine of the surgeonfish species

Etymology

surgeon +‎ fish

Noun

surgeonfish (plural surgeonfishes or surgeonfish)

1. Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They are named "surgeonfish" because they bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.

Translations

any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae

• Afrikaans: doktervis
• Catalan: acantúrid m
• Cebuano: labahita
• Dhivehi: ކާޅު އާއިލާ (kāḷu āilā)
• Dutch: doktersvis m
• Finnish: välskäri (fi)
• French: poisson-chirurgien (fr) m
• German: Doktorfisch (de) m
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• Hungarian: doktorhalfélék
• Italian: pesce chirurgo m
• Norwegian: kirurgfisk
• Russian: рыба-хирург (ru) f (ryba-xirurg)
• Spanish: acantúrido m, pez cirujano m
• Swedish: kirurgfisk
• Tagalog: indangan
• Ukrainian: хирург-риба f (xyrurh-ryba)

References

• surgeonfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acanthuridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Acanthuridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons