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Blue tangs primarily rely on marine algal species for sustenance. Algal resources available within the tang's habitat are often objects of high competition.
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Blue tangs are very common in the Caribbean, but are seldom seen in the aquarium trade.
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A Blue Tang in Sydney Harbour A Blue Trevally at Osprey Reef A Blue Whiptail at North Solitary Island A Bluebarred Parrotfish at Shiprock A Blue-eye Trevalla caught off Balina A Blueface Angelfish at Hideaway Island, Vanuatu ...
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Water FunFISH-SEAWATER: Banggai Cardinalfish, Bay Pipefish, Batfish (Platax pinnatus), Bay Pipefish, Bird Wrasse, Black And Yellow Rockfish, Blackcap Basslet, Blacksmith, Blue Faced Angelfish, Blue Tang, Boccacio, Bonefish, Boxfish, ...
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Blue tang surgeonfish, Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schn eider, 1801. Eyestripe surgeonfish, Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835. Fowler's surgeonfish, Acanthurus fowleri de Beaufort, 1951. Black surgeonfish, Acanthurus gahhm (Forsskål, 1775).
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(20-cm) blue tang, and the larger and more abundant ocean tang of deep waters. The butterfly fishes are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Perciformes, family Chaetodontidae.
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 See also: Tang, Purple, Pipefish, Angelfish, Parrot
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