Surgeon Fish Mounts - You can easily order through this website or call us if you prefer. GFM individually handcrafts each defined and detailed fish replica by hand, one-at-a-time. Every fish reproduction is perfectly airbrushed to resemble each species' most noticeable and distinct color patterns.

By combining the best prices, unmatched quality while supporting and promoting the practice of catch-and-release fishing, Global Fish Mounts continues to be the go-to company for all Freshwater and Saltwater fish mounts. We offer most sizes and species of any fish, including the Surgeon Fish seen here.

Variety of Sizes Available: Global Fish Mounts offers mounts of Surgeon Fish in a wide variety of different sizes. The models and sizes displayed on this page represent recently produced mounts. As we continuously add more sizes to our product list, and if you do not see the size you are looking for, or simply need more details about the process, please contact us by calling 954-942.1417 or Email: [email protected].

• Fishmount Species Information
  • Scientific Name: Acanthurus xanthopterus
  • Average Weight: 20- 50 lbs.
  • Location & Habitat: The Surgeonfish resides in the western Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts and Bermuda, south to the Gulf of Mexico, and Brazil. In the eastern Atlantic basin, it is found off Ascension and St. Helena Islands off Angola. Inhabiting shallow bottoms over coral and rock formations. The surgeonfish typically occurs in groups of five or more. It is primarily a diurnal species and often schools with other species including the blue tang and surgeonfish.
  • Biology: Live in various reef habitats, sand slopes and lagoons. Juveniles inhabit shallow, protected, turbid inshore waters while adults prefer deeper areas of protected bays and lagoons. Also in outer reef areas. Benthopelagic. Schooling species, feed on diatoms, detritus film of sand, filamentous algae, hydroids, and pieces of fish. Probably the only surgeonfish that readily takes bait.
  • Physical Description: The oval-shaped body of the surgeonfish is moderately deep and compressed. The mouth is small and low on the head, well adapted for scraping algae from rocks and coral. There is a sharp scalpel-like spine located on the side of the caudal peduncle that fits into a horizontal groove. The relatively long dorsal fin is continuous and unnotched. The caudal fin is moderately to deeply emarginated. The scales are small and ctenoid. The stomach is gizzard-like. The ocean surgeon is yellowish to grayish brown with pale greenish gray to pale blue vertical lines on the body. There are short yellow lines radiating from the posterior margin of the eye within a narrow blue area. The dorsal fin has a blue margin and alternating bands of orange and bluish green. The anal fin is similarly colored but with fewer less obvious bands. The caudal fin is olive to brown changing abruptly to white or paler at the base with a bluish white posterior margin. There is a small violet or blue region at the socket of the caudal spine. Color changes may occur during spawning as well as intraspecific competition and other communication.