Family Name Listing

Order: Perciformes, Family: Acanthuridae
Sumu or Surgeonfishes and Unicornfishes

The Acanthuridae are generally known as pone in Samoa. Larger fish are called palagi. Naso are called ume; with smaller Naso called 'ili'ilia or umelei.

Surgeon fishes are characterized by a scalpel-like spine at the base of their tails. They are conspicuous residents of shallow coral reefs. Locally some surgeonfish are important food fishes  

Scientific Name	Samoan Name	Common Name	Photo	TSN	Park Status	Abundance	Residency	Nativity
Acanthurus achilles	maikolama, kolama, pone-i`umumu	achilles tang		172261	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Acanthurus albipectoralis		whitefin tang		623264	Present in Samoa	No data	No data	Native
Acanthurus auranticavus		orange-socket surgeonfish		623227	Present in Samoa	rare	No data	non-native
Acanthurus blochii		ringtail surgeonfish		172275	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Acanthurus guttatus	maogo	whitespotted surgeonfish		172263	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Acanthurus lineatus	alogo	lined surgeonfish		172271	Present in park	Abundant	No data	Native
Acanthurus maculiceps		spottedface surgeonfish		623233	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Acanthurus mata	palagi-si`usina	elongate surgeonfish		172265	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Acanthurus nigricans	i`usina, laulama, gaitolama	goldrim surgeonfish		172276	Present in park	Abundant	No data	Native
Acanthurus nigricauda	pone-i`usina	blackstreak surgeonfish		172274	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Acanthurus nigrofuscus	ponepone	brown surgeonfish		172266	Present in park	Abundant	No data	Native
Acanthurus nigroris	ponepone	bluelined surgeonfish		172267	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Acanthurus olivaceus	pone-apasama, afinamea	orangeband surgeonfish		172268	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Acanthurus pyroferus	pone-i`usina	mimic surgeonfish		172272	Present in Samoa	No data	No data	Native
Acanthurus thompsoni	pone-i`usina	Thompson's surgeonfish		172269	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Acanthurus triostegus	manini	convict surgeonfish		172270	Present in park	Abundant	No data	Native
Acanthurus xanthopterus		yellowfin surgeonfish		172259	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Ctenochaetus binotatus		twospot bristletooth		172309	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus		bluelip bristletooth		623243	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis		Hawaiian bristletooth		172306	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Ctenochaetus striatus	pone, pala`ia, logoulia	striped bristletooth		172308	Present in park	Abundant	No data	Native
Naso annulatus		whitemargin unicornfish		172290	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Naso brevirostris	ume-ulutao	lined unicornfish		172292	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Naso hexacanthus	kala	sleek unicornfish		172294	Present in Samoa	No data	No data	Native
Naso lituratus	ili`ilia, umelei	orangespine unicornfish		172297	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Naso thynnoides		singlespine unicornfish		623206	Present in Samoa	No data	No data	Native
Naso tuberosus	ume-uluto`i	humpnose unicornfish		172301	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Naso unicornis	ume-isu	bluespine unicornfish		172289	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Naso vlamingi	ume-masimasi	bignose unicornfish		172300	Present in Samoa	No data	No data	Native
Paracanthurus hepatus		palette tang		172320	Present in Samoa	No data	No data	Native
Zebrasoma rostratum		longnose tang		623254	Present in Samoa	No data	No data	Native
Zebrasoma scopas	pitopito, pe`ape`a	brushtail tang		172316	Present in park	No data	No data	Native
Zebrasoma veliferum	iliu	sailfin tang		172315	Present in park	No data	No data	Native

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From: Park Species List   -   NPSpecies Summary Report
Generated: 11/02/2001 National Park of American Samoa  (Fish)

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