Yellowspotted sawtail

Yellowspotted sawtail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Prionurus
Species: P. maculatus
Binomial name
Prionurus maculatus
J. D. Ogilby, 1887

The yellowspotted sawtail, Prionurus maculatus, is a tang of the family Acanthuridae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

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