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title: "Galapagos-Doktorfisch"
description: "Prionurus laticlavius — Fische. Prionurus laticlavius the razor surgeonfish or razor sawtail, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/razor-surgeonfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Galapagos-Doktorfisch

> Prionurus laticlavius — Fische. Prionurus laticlavius the razor surgeonfish or razor sawtail, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.

- Scientific name: *Prionurus laticlavius*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 3353
- Wikidata: [Q2200422](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200422)
- iNaturalist taxon: [56772](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56772)

## Names

- en: Razor Surgeonfish
- de: Galapagos-Doktorfisch
- es: Cirujano barbero
- fr: Chirurgien barbier

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1444), EC (1238), CR (253), PA (187)

## Summary

Prionurus laticlavius the razor surgeonfish or razor sawtail, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This fish is found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Galapagos-Doktorfisch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/razor-surgeonfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Theo Summer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259990943

## Machine access

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