Underwater Photography by Jay Torborg 

"Eyestripe Surgeonfish"

These schooling Eyestripe Surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) commonly feed on algae found on sand. Surgeonfish get their name from the sharp scalpels found at the base of the tail, which can be used to slash other fish both as an aggressive maneuver and in defense.

These fish were photographed in about 35 feet of water under a lava ledge off the south Kohala Coast near Puako Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Photographed with a Nikon N90s in a Sea&Sea NX90 housing with two Ikelite 200 strobes. Nikon 60mm f2.8 macro lens. Fuji Provia 100F transparency film scanned with a Nikon LS-2000.

Copyright Jay Torborg  2001