Finding of Paracanthurus hepatus (Acanthuridae), a New Species for the Coastal Waters of Vietnam, on Reefs of the Nha Trang Bay (Southern Part of the Central Vietnam)

For the first time for the coastal water of Vietnam was recorded the palette surgeonfish Paracanthurus hepatus, found in the Nha Trang Bay. Photographs of the juveniles of this species, associated with the coral Acropora sp. at a depth of 4.5 m on the southern slope of Hon Noc Island. Provided are descriptions of the location of Hon Noc Island in the Nha Trang Bay and of the biotope at the site of finding of the palette surgeonfish: coral cover of the slope and the hydrological conditions of this location