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Prionurus punctatus |
A genus of Acanthurids all but ignored by the trade... Most are not that attractive, some are cool/coldwater animals, and all grow too large for anything but a huge home system. | Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes 1846), the Razor Surgeonfish. Eastern Central Pacific; Costa Rica to Columbia, Revillagigedos, Cocos, Galapagos Islands. To 32 cm. in length. Found in large groups foraging for algae on shallow reef rocks. Galapagos pic. | 
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| Prionurus maculatus Ogilby 1887, the Yellow-Spotted Sawtail. Eastern Australia. To Eighteen inches in length. This one off of Heron Island. | 
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| Prionurus punctatus Gill 1862, Yellow-Tailed Surgeonfish. Eastern Pacific; lower Baja to El Salvador, including the Islas Revillagigedos. To two feet in length. This one off of Cabo San Lucas. | 
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