#2320 · 🐟 fish

Convict Surgeonfish

Acanthurus triostegus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © uwkwaj · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Aditya Gadkari · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © orionsmcc · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © brentch · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Craig Fujii · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. RT4:© orionsmcc · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Cabo Pulmo, B.C.S., México:© Programa Marino del Golfo de California · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. Hui Feng:© orionsmcc · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Carnarvon, WA, Australia:© The Life of Py · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Acanthurus triostegus ( convict tang or convict surgeonfish ) is a small surgeonfish in family Acanthuridae of the order Perciformes. 9 in) long, but some individuals may grow larger than 20 cm.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,761iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,761 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).