Earbar Surgeonfish

Acanthurus maculiceps

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–22 m
Water temperature26–30 °C
Best monthsMarch and April
How commonOccasional

About this species

Acanthurus maculiceps, the white-freckled surgeonfish, yellow-freckled surgeonfish, pale-lined surgeonfish, spotted-faced surgeonfish or earbar surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indo-West Pacific region.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Acanthurus maculiceps”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 3 records
February: 75 records
March: 158 records
April: 123 records
May: 33 records
June: 14 records
July: 53 records
August: 30 records
September: 0 records
October: 2 records
November: 1 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–22 m · Deepest record: 997 m

0–10 m: 148 records
10–20 m: 250 records
20–30 m: 93 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C

26–28 °C: 112 records
28–30 °C: 390 records

Names and classification

English: Earbar Surgeonfish, Maculiceps Tang, Pale-lined Surgeonfish, Spot-face Surgeon, Spot-face Surgeonfish, Spotted-face Surgeonfish, White-freckled surgeonfish, Yellow-freckled Surgeonfish

Names in 5 more languages

German: Weißfleck-Doktorfisch
Spanish: Pez Cirujano de Pecas Blancas
Filipino: Indangan, Labahita
Japanese: Irezuminiza, イレズミニザ
Simplified Chinese: 頭斑刺尾鯛

Other scientific names: Hepatus maculiceps

Similar species

Eyestripe surgeonfish
Acanthurus dussumieri
Lined surgeonfish
Acanthurus lineatus
Backsurgeonfish
Acanthurus nigricans
Brown surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigrofuscus
Bluelined surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigroris
Gendarme Fish
Acanthurus olivaceus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
528 open-data records from 1963 to 2018.

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