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title: "Whitecheek Surgeonfish"
description: "Acanthurus nigricans — Peixes. Acanthurus nigricans, the goldrim surgeonfish, velvet surgeon, whitecheek surgeonfish, yellow-banded surgeonfish or yellowrimmed surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/whitecheek-surgeonfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Whitecheek Surgeonfish

> Acanthurus nigricans — Peixes. Acanthurus nigricans, the goldrim surgeonfish, velvet surgeon, whitecheek surgeonfish, yellow-banded surgeonfish or yellowrimmed surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.

- Scientific name: *Acanthurus nigricans*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1980
- Wikidata: [Q258774](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q258774)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121193](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121193)

## Names

- en: Whitecheek Surgeonfish
- de: Goldrand-Doktorfisch
- es: Cirujano cariblanco
- fr: Chirurgien à joues blanches

## Countries with the most observations

ID (425), MX (267), CR (154), US (134), PF (130), CX (77), EC (68), PA (43), PW (43), GU (40), AU (38), UM (34)

## Summary

Acanthurus nigricans, the goldrim surgeonfish, velvet surgeon, whitecheek surgeonfish, yellow-banded surgeonfish or yellowrimmed surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found from the central Indo-Pacific area to the eastern Pacific coast, Hawaii included.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: themaskedlapwing · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233021332

## Machine access

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