Chronixis Surgeonfish

Caudal fin lunate. Life colour unknown. Preserved specimen is dark brown with two small oval spots, one above and the other slightly behind the upper end of the gill opening, and a dark brown band at the base of the dorsal fin.

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 24

Found over sand and coral bottoms of clear channels (Ref. 9710). Juveniles probably occur on reef flats (Ref. 9710). Rare and not commercial (J.E. Randall, pers. comm.).

fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial

Acanthurus chronixis is a tropical fish known commonly as the chronixis surgeonfish or the half black mimic surgeonfish. It was first named by Randall in 1960. The species lives in coral reefs in the western Pacific.