Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Blue Tang
Acanthurus coeruleus
Blue Tang
Category: Surgeonfishes
Scientific Name: Acanthurus coeruleus
Size: 5 to 15 in. (13 to 38 cm)  
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda, Gulf of America, Brazil
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Acanthuriformes (Order)
      └Acanthuridae (Family)
       └Acanthurus (Genus)
        └A. coeruleus (Species)

Disk & Large Oval
Surgeonfishes

Blue Tang

Blue Tang (Juvenile)

Ocean Surgeonfish

Doctorfish



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