Clearly a Tang of some kind but the blue (white?) lines on dorsal/ventral/anal fins, the small black tail spine and the white tail base don't match anything I can find in the Maldives or Tropical Pacific ID guides.
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Looks like a Yellowfin Surgeonfish (Juvenile) (Acanthurus xanthopterus)
Clearly a Tang of some kind but the blue (white?) lines on dorsal/ventral/anal fins, the small black tail spine and the white tail base don't match anything I can find in the Maldives or Tropical Pacific ID guides.