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)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Acanthuridae (Family)
      └Acanthurus (Genus)

Disk & Large Oval
Surgeonfishes

Blue Tang

Blue Tang (Juvenile)

Ocean Surgeonfish

Doctorfish



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