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  • Dusky Surgeonfish, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Ian Banks, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Dusky Surgeonfish, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) François Libert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) François Libert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Rickard Zerpe, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) David Rolla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Dusky Surgeonfish

Acanthurus nigrofuscus

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About

Acanthurus nigrofuscus, also known as the lavender tang, brown tang, or spot-cheeked surgeonfish, is a tang from the Indo-Pacific and Hawaii. It commonly makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to 21 cm in length. Recently, a huge bacterium discovered in its intestine, Epulopiscium fishelsoni, has been found to grow as large as 600 by 80 μm, a little smaller than a printed hyphen, which controls the pH of its host's gut, thereby influencing its...

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