Animal Diversity Web

Acanthurus nigricans

Black surgeonfish

(Also: Gold-rim tang; Gray surgeonfish; Whiteface surgeonfish; Whitetail surgeonfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes)
        
        Genus Acanthurus
        
        Species Acanthurus nigricans (Black surgeonfish)