Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Acanthuridae —surgeonfish and certaintangs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus) are specialized algal browsers who may feed as solitary individuals or in groups.
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Ocean Surgeonfish (Acanthus bahianus) and Doctorfish (Acanthurus chigurgus) are specialized grazers.
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The top part, that containing the eyes, was removed, and the shell having been smoothed and polished, the opening was tightly covered with the skin of some scaleless fish -- that of the _kala_ (Acanthurus unicornis) was preferred.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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Spot-Cheeked Surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigrofuscus, swimming the reef at Ke'e Beach, Kauai, Hawaii, followed by a peak above water, some coral, another Saddle Wrasse and a Red Coris Wrasse ...
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Spot-Cheeked Surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigrofuscus, swimming the reef at Ke'e Beach, Kauai, Hawaii, followed by a peak above water, some coral, another
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Acanthurus olivaceus - surgeonfish grazing on algae on new reef material.
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Acanthurus olivaceus - surgeonfish grazing on algae on new reef material.
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In Year 1, we used the redband parrotfish (Sparisoma aurofrenatum) and the ocean surgeonfish (Acanthurus bahianus); in Year 2, we used the redband parrotfish and the princess parrotfish (Scarus taeniopterus).
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A typical school of the surgeon fish, Acanthurus olivaceus, grazing on algae during the time when filamentous algae were abundant.
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Acanthurus olivaceus - surgeonfish grazing on algae on new reef material.
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