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Surgeonfish and Tang Species Profiles
Surgeonfish and Tangs are marine aquarium favorites. Surgeons get their names from the sharp barbs they possess. This group of fish are known for their striking color patterns.
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Surgeonfish and tangs, like the sailfin tang, get their name from the very sharp scales at the base of their tails. When threatened, they can swim backwards at an enemy, raising these scales like a knife! ...
Sohal surgeonfish (Acanthurus sohal)
Orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis)
Yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platurus)
Hard coral (Favites complanata)
Annulated sea snake (Hydrophis cyanocinctus)
Blacktip topeshark (Hypogaleus hyugaensis) ...
Twospot surgeonfish, Ctenochaetus binotatus Randall, 1955.
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus Randall & Clements, 2001.
Ctenochaetus flavicauda Fowler, 1938.
Chevron tang, Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis Randall, 1955.
A 10 cm long juvenile Sawtail Surgeonfish at Fly Point, Port Stephens, New South Wales.
A 109 mm standard length Fangtooth.
A 12 cm long Longfin Escolar from the Coral Sea
A 17 mm Longfin Bannerfish, caught off Waianae, Hawaii
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Ctenochaetus striatus, Striated Surgeonfish
Ctenogobiops tangaroai, Tangaroa Goby
Cyanea capillata, Lions Mane Jellyfish
Cynoscion arenarius, Sand Seatrout
Cynoscion nothus, Silver Seatrout
Cynoscion nebulosus, Spotted Seatrout ...
Tangs (also called surgeonfish) are an important source of seafood on most tropical islands. They use sharp spines on their caudal fin and tail to slash and wound their predators.
Small fish (i.e. mullet, groupers, theraponids, jacks, mojarras, slipjaws, wrasses, surgeonfish, sillinginids), mollusks (i.e. cuttlefish, squid, octopi), and crustaceans (i.e. shrimp and mantis shrimp)
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SUBORDER ACANTHUROIDEI
spadefishes, batfishes, scats, rabbitfishes, luvars, moorish idols, surgeonfishes, unicornfishes
ATLANTIC SPADEFISH
BLUE TANG ...
Some of the groups of fish species found on coral reefs are as follows; requiem sharks, moray eels, hawk fish, groupers, surgeonfish, parrot fish, butterfly fish, sweepers, damselfish, wrasses, velvet fish, puffers, gobies, filefish, triggerfish, ...
They include the violet-brown doctorfish or surgeonfish, the 8-in. (20-cm) blue tang, and the larger and more abundant ocean tang of deep waters.
 See also: Coral, Wrasse, Parrot, Shark, Damselfish
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