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Blue Tang

Acanthurus coeruleus

Also known as: Atlantic Blue Tang, Atlantic Blue Tang Surgeonfish, Blue Barber, Blue Caribbean Tang, Blue Doctor, Blue Doctorfish, Blue Tang Surgeonfish, Doctorfish, Lancetfish, Thorntail, Thorntail Fish, Unicornfish, Yellow Barber, Yellow Doctorfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2012
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LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
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@fishx6 · Bonaire - Andrea 1, Caribbean Netherlands · November 20101 / 6

Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Juveniles can be yellow, and hold cleaning stations mixed with other fish.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
cleanercleaning stationschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean
  • Country only · 6
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 6

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAcanthuriformes
    5. familyAcanthuridae
    6. genusAcanthurus
    7. speciesAcanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

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