7th Definitive - 5c Palette Surgeon   Date of Issue November 15, 2000 Denomination 5 cents Art Work Chris Van Rooyen, Joan Van Gogh Designer Thea Swanepoel Size 24 x 40.6mm Sheet 50 Perforation 13.25 x 13.75 Perforator Bickel comb Paper De La Rue Gum PVA Phosphor 7% Green/yellow in paper coating Printing Process superlitho Printer The House of Questa, London Initial Quantity 155,000   Palette Surgeon (paracanthurus hepatus) - Belongs to the family Acanthuridae and to the subfamily of surgeonfish. Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical seas, they occur from KwaZulu-Natal to the central Pacific and are generally found on reefs in clear water. They reach a length of up to 26 cm.   Original information and image from South Africa Post