Chocolate surgeonfish
Amazing fact
Some young chocolate surgeonfish have black-and-white bodies resembling pearlscale angelfish.
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Some young chocolate surgeonfish have black-and-white bodies resembling pearlscale angelfish.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Chocolate surgeonfish
- Scientific name
- Acanthurus pyroferus
- Japanese name
- クログチニザ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus
Where the name “Chocolate surgeonfish” comes from
The scientific name pyroferus comes from Latin words for fire and carry. The name is thought to refer to the orange patch above the base of its pectoral fin.
Museums VictoriaA fish that lives on reefs in lagoons and facing the open sea, from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific.
It likes places at the foot of reefs and rocks, where coral, rocks and sand are mixed together.
How the Chocolate surgeonfish lives
It eats accumulated bits of organisms and sediment.
Museums VictoriaBasic data
- Range
- Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean
Where the Chocolate surgeonfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- クログチニザ
- 简体中文
- 火红刺尾鲷
- 繁體中文
- 火紅刺尾鯛
- 한국어
- 점양쥐돔
- Español
- Cirujano imitador
- Français
- Chirurgien Porteur de Feu
- Português (Brasil)
- Cirurgião-mimico-do-Pacífico
- Italiano
- Pesce chirurgo mimo del Pacifico
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Botana model
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — クログチニザChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museums Victoria — Mimic Surgeonfish, Acanthurus pyroferusChecked: 2026-11-07
- 宇久井ビジターセンター — クログチニザChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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