doctorfish

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact.

Synonyme

doctor-fish

Acanthurus chirurgus

blue surgeonfish

common surgeon

flagtail surgeonfish

blue tang

hepatus tang

palette surgeon

palette surgeonfish

wedge-tailed tang

Indo-pacific bluetang

Etymologie (Englisch)

From doctor + fish.

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