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What is a surgeonfish?

What is a surgeonfish? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae, that have an erect spine near the tail
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The great clouds of yellow black and white banner angelfish, brilliant blue fusiliers, yellow tangs and smart surgeonfish are gone.
The upper part is the territory of the surgeonfish which savagely protects it by attacking divers when they approach.
Many species, such as parrotfish and surgeonfish, prospered on the algae covering that invades stricken coral reefs.
Schools of fusiliers and surgeonfish and over 400 other species of tropical fish have made it their home.
Yellow Tang and surgeonfish sometimes employ scalpel-like fins against those who grab them.
What struck me most were the brilliantly-coloured blue tangs, surgeonfish which don't want to be photographed, and the soft corals.

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