| Common name | Chirurgien à nageoires jaunes |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | New Caledonia |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Leblic, I. and M.-H. Teulières, 1987 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'à nageoires jaunes', i.e., yellow finned; 'nageoires', i.e., fins, from Latin 'navigare', i.e., to navigate, to row (p. 486 in Ref. 9404); 'jaune' from Latin 'galbinus', i.e., yellow fever (p. 401 in Ref. 9404). |