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The exposed spine of the surgeonfish species Acanthurus xanthopterus Acanthuridae are a family of ray-finned fish which includes surgeonfishes , tangs , and unicornfishes . The family includes about 86 extant species of marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs .
The sohal surgeonfish is endemic to the northwestern Indian Ocean where it is found in the Red Sea, east along the coast of the Arabian Peninsula to the Persian Gulf. [1] It has been found in the Mediterranean Sea, in 2017 and 2018, and reached there either by release from an aquarium or by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal from the ...
Yellow tangs in their natural habitat in Kona, Hawaii The larvae of the yellow tang can drift more than 100 miles and reseed in a distant location. [2] In a zoo aquarium. The yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), also known as the lemon sailfin, yellow sailfin tang or somber surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes ...
The "scalpel" is used during fights with other doctorfish and as a defense mechanism against predators. Its coloration generally varies from blue-gray to dark brown. 10 to 12 vertical bars are always present, but often faint. The edges of the caudal, dorsal, and anal fins are blue. There is also a faint blue ring that can be seen encircling the ...
Also known as palette surgeonfish, regal tang, indo-pacific bluetang; scientific name paracanthurus hepatus. Maximum length: 12.2 inches Wild habitat: throughout the Indo-Pacific.
Acanthurus olivaceus, the orange-band surgeonfish, the orange-shoulder surgeonfish or the orangebar tang, [1] is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, this family includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. It lives in the tropical waters of the Indo-west Pacific.
Acanthurus xanthopterus, the yellowfin surgeonfish yellowmask surgeonfish, ringtail surgeonfish or Cuvier's surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.
At the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. Acanthurus achilles is found in various reefs of Oceania, up to the islands of Hawaii and Pitcairn.The fish is also, although less commonly, found in the Mariana Islands and even some reefs in southern Mexico and Guatemala] [1] It is a benthopelagic species which inhabits the clear waters on the seaward side of reefs.