The whitecheek surgeonfish, also known as the goldenrim surgeonfish or yellow-spotted surgeonfish (''Acanthurus nigricans''), is a reef-associated

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found from the central Indo-Pacific area to the eastern Pacific coast,

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included. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to 21.3 cm in length.

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* * Acanthuridae Acanthurus Fish of Hawaii Fish described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Acanthuridae-stub