surgeonfish
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surgeonfish (plural surgeonfishes or surgeonfish)
- Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.
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any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
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References edit
- surgeonfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Acanthuridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Acanthuridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons