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title: "Eyestripe Surgeonfish"
description: "Acanthurus dussumieri — Fish. Acanthurus dussumieri, commonly known as Dussumier's surgeonfish, the eye-stripe surgeonfish or the ornate surgeonfish, is a ray-finned fish from the Indo-Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/eyestripe-surgeonfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eyestripe Surgeonfish

> Acanthurus dussumieri — Fish. Acanthurus dussumieri, commonly known as Dussumier's surgeonfish, the eye-stripe surgeonfish or the ornate surgeonfish, is a ray-finned fish from the Indo-Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Acanthurus dussumieri*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1808
- Wikidata: [Q547028](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547028)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121597](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121597)

## Names

- en: Eyestripe Surgeonfish
- de: Blauschwanz-Doktorfisch
- es: Pez cirujano de la raya ocular
- fr: Chirurgien couronné
- pt: Cirurgião-de-Dussumier
- pl: Pokolec liniowany

## Countries with the most observations

AU (480), US (323), NF (77), NC (62), ZA (57), MZ (48), TW (42), JP (31), KE (30), RE (26), SC (20), ID (13)

## Summary

Acanthurus dussumieri, commonly known as Dussumier's surgeonfish, the eye-stripe surgeonfish or the ornate surgeonfish, is a ray-finned fish from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a maximum length of 54 cm (21 in) but 35 cm (14 in) is a more usual size.
The specific name honours the French explorer and trader Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthurus_dussumieri

## Photo

![Eyestripe Surgeonfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eyestripe-surgeonfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217617527

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eyestripe-surgeonfish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).