Acanthurus polyzona has a rather restricted distribution in the tropical western Indian Ocean, its range including Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and the Comoro Islands. It lives in shallow reef habitats, in lagoons and on outer reef slopes, over sandy, rocky or coral seabeds at depths down to about 15 m.

Brown surgeonfis, Acanthurus nigrofuscus, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution from the coast of eastern Africa as far north as the Red Sea coast and south as far as far south as the Aliwal Shoal in South Africa.

Blackstreak surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigricauda, or epaulette surgeonfish, eye-line surgeonfish, shoulderbar surgeonfish, white-tail surgeonfish, is a tropical fish in the family Acanthuridae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. It occurs over sandy and rocky bottoms, in bays, lagoons and on reef slopes, at depths down to about 30 m.

Acanthurus leucocheilus, also known as the Palelipped surgeonfish or the white-spine surgeonfish is a species of tropical fish It is used commercially in aquariums. Is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes or tangs. This fish is found in the Indo-Pacific region ...

Acanthurus bariene is a tropical fish also commonly known as the bariene surgeonfish, blackspot surgeonfish, or eyespot surgeonfish. It was first named by René Primavère Lesson in 1831. This species is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific from Mozambique and the Maldives in the west to the Solomon Islands in the east and reaching north to the Ryūkyū and south to the Australian Great Barrier Reef. The habitat of this fish is the coral reefs where it lives on the outer side in depth. The juveniles live in shallow waters and in areas protected from the waves, finding refuge among the soft corals. It can be found between 6 and 50 meters of depth, rarely above 15 meters and usually below 30.