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surgeonfish

n. Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family ''Acanthuridae'', that have an erect spine near the tail

WordNet
surgeonfish
  1. n. brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail

  2. [also: surgeonfishes (pl)]

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There were lobsters under every rock, schools of parrotfish, angelfish, triggerfish, surgeonfish, damselfish, hogfish, porgies, even occasional groupers.