''Acanthurus auranticavus'', is a tropical fish with the common names orange-socket surgeonfish and ring-tail surgeon. It was named by Randall in 1956.Page 24, ''Surgeonfishes of the world'', by John E. Randall. Mutual Pub., 2001. /

Description

''Acanthurus auranticavus'' live in schools which often include other types of fish.''Acanthurus auranticavus''
at www.fishbase.org. The species is distributed in

coral reefs A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of Colony (biology), colonies of coral polyp (zoology), polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, wh ...

in the western-

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

, as well as the western Pacific, and the

Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately . The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, ...

References

Acanthurus Fish described in 1956 {{Acanthuridae-stub