Prionurus Biafraensis
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''Prionurus biafraensis'' is a
tropical fish Tropical fish are generally those fish found in aquatic tropical environments around the world. Fishkeepers often keep tropical fish in freshwater and saltwater aquariums. The term "tropical fish" is not a taxonomic group, but rather is a gene ...
found 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 eastern
Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
ocean.''Prionurus biafraensis''
at www.fishbase.org.
It is commonly known as the Biafra doctorfish.Common names for ''Prionurus biafraensis''
at www.fishbase.org. It is commercial in fisheries.


References

Prionurus Fish described in 1961 {{Acanthuridae-stub