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title: "Rode Zee doktersvis"
description: "Acanthurus sohal — Vissen. The sohal surgeonfish (Acanthurus sohal) or sohal tang, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/sohal-surgeonfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rode Zee doktersvis

> Acanthurus sohal — Vissen. The sohal surgeonfish (Acanthurus sohal) or sohal tang, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.

- Scientific name: *Acanthurus sohal*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1658
- Wikidata: [Q377713](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377713)
- iNaturalist taxon: [187006](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/187006)

## Names

- en: Sohal Surgeonfish
- de: Arabischer Doktorfisch
- es: Pez Cirujano del Mar Rojo
- fr: Chirurgien zébré
- nl: Rode Zee doktersvis
- pl: Pokolec szary

## Countries with the most observations

EG (1206), SA (73), OM (48), IL (36), YE (24), AE (16), SD (6), DJ (4), JO (3)

## Summary

The sohal surgeonfish (Acanthurus sohal) or sohal tang, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This fish is found in the northwestern Indian Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Rode Zee doktersvis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sohal-surgeonfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326003121

## Machine access

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