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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.
Many species, such as parrotfish and surgeonfish, prospered on the algae covering that invades stricken coral reefs.
The upper part is the territory of the surgeonfish which savagely protects it by attacking divers when they approach.
Emperor angelfish, moorish idols, surgeonfish and sergeant-majors greeted us in the 20-25m visibility at almost every corner.
The powder blue surgeonfish from the Indo-Pacific Ocean is an uncommon variety.
At the same site we saw a pair of purple flame gobies, a fantastic blue-ribbon eel, clown triggerfish and a beautifully striped surgeonfish.

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