---
title: "Chirurgien à marque noire"
description: "Acanthurus nigricauda — Poissons. Acanthurus nigricauda, the epaulette surgeonfish, black-barred surgeonfish, eye-line surgeonfish, shoulderbar surgeonfish, white-tail surgeonfish or blackstreak surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/eyeline-surgeonfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chirurgien à marque noire

> Acanthurus nigricauda — Poissons. Acanthurus nigricauda, the epaulette surgeonfish, black-barred surgeonfish, eye-line surgeonfish, shoulderbar surgeonfish, white-tail surgeonfish or blackstreak surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.

- Scientific name: *Acanthurus nigricauda*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 1524
- Wikidata: [Q1758464](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1758464)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121194](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121194)

## Names

- en: Eyeline Surgeonfish
- de: Achselklappen-Doktorfisch
- es: Pez Cirujano de Trazo Negro
- fr: Chirurgien à marque noire

## Countries with the most observations

ID (342), MV (246), FJ (86), PF (58), AU (29), PW (27), RE (27), KE (24), MY (24), NC (21), TH (19), GU (18)

## Summary

Acanthurus nigricauda, the epaulette surgeonfish, black-barred surgeonfish, eye-line surgeonfish, shoulderbar surgeonfish, white-tail surgeonfish or blackstreak surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region.

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

## Photo

![Chirurgien à marque noire](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eyeline-surgeonfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191860416

## Machine access

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