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Red Sea Clown Surgeon

Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål 1775)

Description

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Feeds on various kinds of algae, mainly @Sargassum@, and fine filamentous green algae <111>. The typical habitat is outer edge of reef flats exposed to surge. A very aggressive territorial species<307>
license
cc-by-4.0
copyright
WoRMS Editorial Board
bibliographic citation
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019).
contributor
Edward Vanden Berghe [email]