Bold pale bands give way to white speckles on a fish at home beside the barrier reef.
- Local names
- Api
About this species
The rounded grey-brown body carries broad white bands towards the front and scattered white spots farther back. Yellow pelvic fins and a black-and-yellow tail complete the pattern.
It favours rocky, wave-washed reef margins and channels beside the barrier reef. Filamentous and calcareous algae form its diet. During reproduction, gatherings can grow to several hundred fish.
- Guide des poissons de Tahiti et ses îles, Indo-Pacific Fish conference Tahiti 2017, P. Bachet, T. Zysman, Y. Lefèvre, Au vent des îles
- DORIS - Acanthurus guttatus
- FishBase - Acanthurus guttatus
