Acanthurus bariene, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Acanthurus bariene, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Acanthurus bariene, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Graham Edgar
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: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Infrequent (6% 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.
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