Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1877
Synonyms:
Acanthurus Monroviae Steindachner, 1877, Sitzber. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Math. Naturw. Cl., 1876 (1877), 74 (1): 208-209 (Monrovia, Liberia).
Acanthurus phlebotomus (nec Cuv. Val.): Troschel, 1866: 227.
Acanthurus chirurgus (nec Bloch, 1787): Peters, 1877: 246 | (?) Nobre, 1935: 531.
Hepatus hepatus (nec Linnaeus, 1766): Fowler, 1919: 259; 1936: 912-913, fig. 385.
Acanthurus monroviae: Randall, 1956: 220-221, fig. 21 | Roux, 1957: 212, fig. 81 (Acanthurus sp.) | Furnestin et. al., 1958: 457, fig. 59 | Poll, 1959: 238, fig. 79 | Dollfus, 1960: 1091 | Bauchot, 1966: 29, fig. 5.
Common names:
monrovian surgeonfish [UK and USA]
surgeon fish [UK and USA]
chirurgien [France and Belgium]
docteur [France and Belgium]