Orangeband surgeonfish
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The orangeband surgeonfish is yellow when young and turns brown as it matures.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Orangeband surgeonfish
- Scientific name
- Acanthurus olivaceus
- Japanese name
- モンツキハギ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus
It lives from Sagami Bay and the Izu Peninsula to the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and from the eastern Indian Ocean into the Pacific.
Basic data
- Range
- Eastern Indo-Pacific, and elsewhere
Where the Orangeband 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
- モンツキハギ
- 简体中文
- 橙斑刺尾鱼
- 繁體中文
- 一字刺尾鯛
- 한국어
- 무늬양쥐돔
- Español
- Cirujano de banda naranja
- Français
- Chirurgien à Epaulettes
- Deutsch
- Orangefleck-Doktorfisch
- Português (Brasil)
- Cirurgião-de-mancha-laranja
- Italiano
- Pesce chirurgo ferito
- العربية
- Dila
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Botana sabun
- Русский
- Оливковый хирург
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 — モンツキハギChecked: 2026-11-04
- 海遊館 — モンツキハギ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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