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title: "Dark Surgeonfish"
description: "Acanthurus blochii — Peixes. Acanthurus blochii, the ringtail surgeonfish or dark surgeonfish, is a marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/dark-surgeonfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dark Surgeonfish

> Acanthurus blochii — Peixes. Acanthurus blochii, the ringtail surgeonfish or dark surgeonfish, is a marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.

- Scientific name: *Acanthurus blochii*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1671
- Wikidata: [Q2656290](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2656290)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132411](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132411)

## Names

- en: Dark Surgeonfish
- de: Blochs Doktorfisch
- es: Pez Cirujano Cola de Anillo
- fr: Chirurgien à anneau blanc

## Countries with the most observations

US (898), AU (132), NC (81), FJ (28), PF (20), MV (16), JP (14), ID (13), RE (11), CX (6), SC (5), GU (4)

## Summary

Acanthurus blochii, the ringtail surgeonfish or dark surgeonfish, is a marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This fish is found in the Indo-Pacific.

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

## Photo

![Dark Surgeonfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-surgeonfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/287187155

## Machine access

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