Doctorfish

Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787)
Chordata › Perciformes › Acanthuridae

Records by month at ReefSeason sites

Monthly counts appear only where the species made a site's top 25 for that month, so treat them as a lower bound.

Jan
0

Feb
1

Mar
0

Apr
8

May
128

Jun
936

Jul
672

Aug
1483

Sep
838

Oct
132

Nov
164

Dec
31

Where it's recorded

Alligator Reef (455 records)
Carysfort Reef (401 records)
Looe Key (392 records)
Molasses Reef (377 records)
Tennessee Reef (369 records)
Conch Reef (357 records)
Western Sambo (315 records)
French Reef (302 records)
Pickles Reef (272 records)
Davis Reef (267 records)
Sombrero Key (226 records)
Key Largo Dry Rocks (Christ of the Abyss) (191 records)
Cheeca Rocks (186 records)
Sand Key (132 records)
Neptune Memorial Reef (72 records)
USCGC Bibb wreck (61 records)
Blue Heron Bridge (Phil Foster Park) (27 records)

Taxonomy and names: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Occurrence data: GBIF.org, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records only. See each site page for dataset citations. No photo yet: we only show images with a verified open license.