Brownstripe wormfish Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1858 (Western Pacific east to Samoa and the Mariana Islands) Yellowstripe wormfish Gunnellichthys viridescens (Seychelles, Maldives, Marshall Islands and Great Barrier Reef) Elegant firefish Nemateleotris decora Randall and Allen, 1973 (Islands of the western Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific) Fire dartfish Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938 (Indo-Pacific) Twotone dartfish Ptereleotris evides (Jordan and Hubbs, 1925) syn. P. tricolor (Indo-Pacific) Lined dartfish Ptereleotris grammica Randall and Lubbock, 1982 (Western Pacific) Threadfin dartfish Ptereleotris hanae (Jordan and Snyder, 1901) (Western Australia to western Pacific and east to Samoa and the Line Islands) Spottail dartfish Ptereleotris heteroptera Bleeker, 1855 (Indo-Pacific) Pale dartfish Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856) (Indo-Pacific) Monofin dartfish Ptereleotris monoptera Randall and Hoese, 1985 (Indo-Pacific from scattered localities) Bandtail dartfish Ptereleotris uroditaenia Randall and Hoese, 1985 (Indonesia, Solomon Islands and Great Barrier Reef) Zebra dartfish Ptereleotris zebra Fowler, 1938 (Indo-Pacific) Family Acanthuridae - Surgeonfishes Subfamily Acanthurinae Whitefin surgeonfish Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen and Ayling, 1987 (Great Barrier Reef and of the Coral Sea to Tonga) Orange-socket surgeonfish Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956 (Maldives, Philippines, Indonesia and the Great Barrier Reef) Roundspot surgeonfish Acanthurus bariene Lesson, 1830 syn. A. nummifer (Maldives to the western Pacific) Ringtail surgeonfish Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835 (Indo-Pacific) Eyestripe surgeonfish Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835 (East Africa to the Line Islands and Hawaii) Finelined surgeonfish Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson, 1843 (Philippines to Australia including the Great Barrier Reef) Whitespotted surgeonfish Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801 (Islands of the western Indian Ocean to Oceania) Striped surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Indo-Pacific except Red Sea) Elongate surgeonfish Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829) (Indo-Pacific) Whitecheek surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) syn. A. glaucopareius (Islands of the tropical Pacific including eastern Pacific) Blackstreak surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker and Mohr, 1929 (Indo-Pacific) Brown surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific) Bluelined surgeonfish Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835 (Islands of Oceania) Orangeband surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceus Forster, 1801 (Western Pacific and islands of Oceania) Mimic surgeonfish Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834 (Western Pacific to islands of Oceania) Thompson's surgeonfish Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923) syn. A. philppinus (Indo-Pacific) Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific) Yellowfin surgeonfish Acanthurus xanthopterus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific) Twospot bristletooth Ctenochaetus binotatus Randall, 1955 (Indo-Pacific) Lined bristletooth Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) (Indo-Pacific) Goldring bristletooth Ctenochaetus strigosus (Bennett, 1828) (Indo-Pacific) Palette surgeonfish Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (East Africa to Samoa, Kiribati and Mariana Islands) Brushtail tang Zebrasoma scopas