Acanthurus bariene
Eye spot surgeonfish | Bariene Surgeonfish | Black-spot Surgeonfish | Roundspot Surgeonfish
Acanthurus bariene, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Acanthurus bariene, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Acanthurus bariene, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Graham Edgar
Same Genus
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Brown with fine stripes on body, rounded head with whitish lips, eye-sized black spot behind eye, fine yellow spots on face, and a broad, diffuse yellow bar behind gill cover. Tail lunate, often with pale bar at base of fin, or entirely pale.
Information
Max Size: 50 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 26.2-30.5°C
Depth: 4-50m
Habitat Generalization Index: N/A
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Infrequent (5.8% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Many (14 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields