doctorfish

Significado (Inglés)

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

Sinónimos

doctor-fish

Acanthurus chirurgus

blue surgeonfish

common surgeon

flagtail surgeonfish

blue tang

hepatus tang

palette surgeon

palette surgeonfish

tench

wedge-tailed tang

Indo-pacific bluetang

Etimología (Inglés)

From doctor + fish.