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Yellowmask Surgeonfish

Acanthurus mata

Description:

Slender; pale to dark bluish body with numerous blue and dark horizontal lines; upper lip yellowish; yellow band through eye. Groups feed on zooplankton. Up to 50 cm in size.

Habitat:

Inshore (often turbid) and outer reefs in 5-25 meters depth.

Notes:

New Organism to Project Noah

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AlbertKang
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AlbertKang

Oriental Mindoro, Philippines

Spotted on Apr 1, 2016
Submitted on Apr 4, 2016

Spotted for Mission

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