Lined Surgeonfish, a Kashmir Snapper, & Lined Bristletooth Surgeonfish on a coral reef in the Maldives with a brain coral nearby
Acanthurus lineatus, the lined surgeonfish, is a member of the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes. Other common names include blue banded surgeonfish, blue-lined surgeonfish, clown surgeonfish, striped surgeonfish, and zebra surgeonfish The fish is associated with reefs, living in marine waters just a few meters deep. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean from East Africa to the western Pacific Ocean to the Great Barrier Reef, Japan, and many Pacific Islands. The fish is territorial, with a large male defending a feeding territory and a harem of females. The adults may also school, and they gather en masse during spawning. The juvenile is solitary. The fish is mostly herbivorous, but might eat crustaceans at times Most of its diet is algae, on which it grazes during the day. The [common] bluestripe snapper, bluestripe sea perch or blue-line snapper, Lutjanus kasmira, is a species of snapper native to the Indian Ocean from the coast of Africa and the Red Sea to the central Pacific Ocean. It is commercially important and sought as a game fish. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. Like many snappers, it inhabits coral reefs, occurring in both shallow lagoons and on outer reef slopes to depths of at least 60 m (200 ft), The Bristletooth Surgeonfish or Striated surgeonfish, Ctenochaetus striatus, is also a species of marine fish in the family Acanthuridae. It can reach a size of 24 cm in length, but is usually about 18 cm The Republic of Maldives, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean–Arabian Sea area, consisting of a double chain of 26 atolls, lying north-south, that lie between Minicoy Island (the southernmost part of Lakshadweep, India) and the Chagos Archipelago. The chains stand in the Laccadive Sea, and the capital, Malé, is about 600 kilometres (370 mi) south-west of India and 750 kilometres (470 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka. The Maldives is the smallest Asian country in both population and land area. It has an average ground elevation of
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Location: Cocoa Island Makunufushi South Malé Atoll Republic of Maldives
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