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Surgeonfish

Blue Tang
(Acanthurus coeruleus)


Classification

Class Superorder Order Suborder Family
ACTINOPTERYGII ACANTHOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES ACANTHUROIDEI ACANTHURIDAE

Scientific Name: Acanthurus coeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms: Acanthurus brevis (Poey, 1860), Acanthurus broussonnetii (Desmarest, 1823), Acanthurus violaceus (Castelnau, 1855), Acronurus caeruleatus (Poey, 1875), Hepatus caeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), Hepatus pawnee (Breder, 1927), Teuthis coeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), Teuthis helioides (Barbour, 1905)

General Informations

Name: Blue Tang surgeonfish, Blauer Doktorfisch
Destination: Carribean Sea and Western Atlantic
Environment:
Size:

Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleush Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus
Location: Puerto Aventuras, Mexico
Photo: Steven Blum, Berlin (Germany)
Location: Sosua, Dominican Republic
Photo: Steven Blum, Berlin (Germany)

Acanthurus coeruleus Acanthurus coeruleus (juvenile)
Location: Sosua, Dominican Republic
Photo: Steven Blum, Berlin (Germany)
Location: Puerto Aventuras, Mexico
Photo: Steven Blum, Berlin (Germany)

Species of Surgeonfishes

Prionurus
  • Prionurus biafraensis

  • Prionurus chrysurus

  • Prionurus laticlavius

  • Prionurus maculatus

  • Prionurus microlepidotus

  • Prionurus punctatus

  • Prionurus scalprum

  • Amblycirrhitus unimacula

  • Paracanthurus
  • Paracanthurus hepatus

  • Zebrasoma
  • Zebrasoma desjardinii

  • Zebrasoma flavescens

  • Zebrasoma gemmatum

  • Zebrasoma rostratum

  • Zebrasoma scopas

  • Zebrasoma veliferum

  • Zebrasoma xanthurum

  • Acanthurus
  • Acanthurus achilles

  • Acanthurus albipectoralis

  • Acanthurus auranticavus

  • Acanthurus bahianus

  • Acanthurus bariene

  • Acanthurus blochii

  • Acanthurus chirurgus

  • Acanthurus chronixis

  • Acanthurus coeruleus

  • Acanthurus dussumieri

  • Acanthurus fowleri

  • Acanthuru gahm

  • Acanthurus grammoptilus

  • Acanthurus guttatus

  • Acanthurus japonicus

  • Acanthurus leucocheilus

  • Acanthurus leucopareius

  • Acanthurus lineatus

  • Acanthurus maculiceps

  • Acanthurus mata

  • Acanthurus monroviae

  • Acanthurus nigricans

  • Acanthurus nigricauda

  • Acanthurus nigroris

  • Acanthurus randalli

  • Acanthurus nubilus

  • Acanthurus olivaceus

  • Acanthurus polyzona

  • Acanthurus pyroferus

  • Acanthurus sohal

  • Acanthurus tennenti

  • Acanthurus thompsoni

  • Acanthurus triostegus

  • Acanthurus tristis

  • Acanthurus xanthopterus

  • Ctenochaetus
  • Ctenochaetus binotatus

  • Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus

  • Ctenochaetus flavicauda

  • Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis

  • Ctenochaetus marginatus

  • Ctenochaetus striatus

  • Ctenochaetus strigosus

  • Ctenochaetus tominiensis

  • Ctenochaetus truncatus


  • Naso annulatus

  • Naso annulatus

  • Naso brevirostris

  • Naso caeruleacauda

  • Naso caesius

  • Naso hexacanthus

  • Naso lopezi

  • Naso maculatus

  • Naso minor

  • Naso thynnoides

  • Naso vlamingi

  • Naso brachycentrodon

  • Naso fangeni

  • Naso lituratus

  • Naso tuberosus

  • Naso unicornis



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