surgeonfish

English

yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens),
a type of surgeonfish

Etymology

surgeon +‎ fish

Noun

surgeonfish (plural surgeonfishes or surgeonfish)

Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae, that have an erect spine near the tail

Translations

any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae

Afrikaans: doktervis
Catalan: acantúrid m
Cebuano: labahita
Dhivehi: ކާޅު އާއިލާ‎ (kāḷu āilā)
Dutch: doktersvis m
Finnish: välskäri (fi)
French: poisson-chirurgien (fr) m
German: Doktorfisch (de) m

Hungarian: doktorhalfélék
Italian: pesce chirurgo m
Norwegian: kirurgfisk
Russian: рыба-хирург (ru) f (ryba-xirurg)
Spanish: acantúrido m, pez cirujano m
Swedish: kirurgfisk
Tagalog: indangan
Ukrainian: хирург-риба f (xyrurh-ryba)

References

surgeonfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Acanthuridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Acanthuridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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