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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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Most of what you see here are coral fish like various wrasses, squirrelfish, Moorish Idols, parrotfish, angelfish, surgeonfish and butterflyfish.
The powder blue surgeonfish from the Indo-Pacific Ocean is an uncommon variety.
Emperor angelfish, moorish idols, surgeonfish and sergeant-majors greeted us in the 20-25m visibility at almost every corner.
What struck me most were the brilliantly-coloured blue tangs, surgeonfish which don't want to be photographed, and the soft corals.
Yellow Tang and surgeonfish sometimes employ scalpel-like fins against those who grab them.
The upper part is the territory of the surgeonfish which savagely protects it by attacking divers when they approach.

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