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title: "Chirurgien brun-noir"
description: "Acanthurus nigrofuscus — Poissons. Acanthurus nigrofuscus, the brown surgeonfish, blackspot surgeonfish, brown tang, dusky surgeon, lavender tang or spot-cheeked surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornishes and tangs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/dusky-surgeonfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chirurgien brun-noir

> Acanthurus nigrofuscus — Poissons. Acanthurus nigrofuscus, the brown surgeonfish, blackspot surgeonfish, brown tang, dusky surgeon, lavender tang or spot-cheeked surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornishes and tangs.

- Scientific name: *Acanthurus nigrofuscus*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 4106
- Wikidata: [Q1536194](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1536194)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132410](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132410)

## Names

- en: Dusky Surgeonfish
- de: Brauner Doktorfisch
- es: Pez Cirujano Marrón
- fr: Chirurgien brun-noir

## Countries with the most observations

US (2143), AU (379), EG (348), JP (63), IL (59), ID (58), FJ (54), ZA (53), PF (44), RE (44), CK (39), TW (38)

## Summary

Acanthurus nigrofuscus, the brown surgeonfish, blackspot surgeonfish, brown tang, dusky surgeon, lavender tang or spot-cheeked surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornishes and tangs. This species is a common and abundant fish occurring across a wide Indo-Pacific range.

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

## Photo

![Chirurgien brun-noir](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-surgeonfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/219185786

## Machine access

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