Whitecheek surgeonfish
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The whitecheek surgeonfish has a spine at the base of its tail.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Whitecheek surgeonfish
- Scientific name
- Acanthurus nigricans
- Japanese name
- メガネクロハギ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus
Where the name “Whitecheek surgeonfish” comes from
The Japanese name megane-kuro-hagi comes from the white patch below its eye.
海遊館It lives on coral and rocky reefs from Kochi, the Ogasawara Islands and the Ryukyu Islands to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific.
Basic data
- Range
- Kochi Prefecture, Ogasawara Islands, Ryukyu Islands, eastern Indian Ocean and Pacific
Where the Whitecheek 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
- メガネクロハギ
- 简体中文
- 灰额刺尾鱼
- 繁體中文
- 白面刺尾鯛
- Español
- Pez cirujano
- Français
- Chirurgien à Joue Blanche
- Deutsch
- Goldrand Doktorfisch
- Português (Brasil)
- Cirurgião-veludo
- Italiano
- Pesce chirurgo bruno
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Botana pipi putih
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 — メガネクロハギChecked: 2026-11-04
- 海遊館 — メガネクロハギ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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