Acanthurus guttatus, also known as hamoktan or whitespotted surgeonfish, was one on the species studied in the Mariana Islands. An international team of researchers led by an assistant professor ...

Taylor’s team sampled surgeonfish species from the Mariana Islands and looked at their basic biology: how long they live, how fast they grow, how big they get, when they start reproducing and ...

These surgeonfish react to the presence of mantas by trying to evade them. As is often the case with basic research, many more questions evolve out of finding a few answers.