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title: "Doctorfish"
description: "Acanthurus chirurgus — Ryby. The doctorfish tang (Acanthurus chirurgus), also known as the doctorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/doctorfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Doctorfish

> Acanthurus chirurgus — Ryby. The doctorfish tang (Acanthurus chirurgus), also known as the doctorfish,  is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.

- Scientific name: *Acanthurus chirurgus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2038
- Wikidata: [Q2355866](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2355866)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121195](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121195)

## Names

- en: Doctorfish
- de: Streifen-Doktorfisch
- es: Cirujano rayado
- fr: Chirurgien rayé
- pt: Peixe-cirurgião

## Countries with the most observations

US (391), MX (210), BR (142), BS (87), PA (75), HN (74), BZ (67), VI (56), CO (55), MQ (49), JM (45), PR (40)

## Summary

The doctorfish tang (Acanthurus chirurgus), also known as the doctorfish,  is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. These fishes are found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Doctorfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/doctorfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erica Krimmel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3812012

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/doctorfish?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).