Photo: Rickard Zerpe · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 40 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, reef slopes
The sailfin tang opens a large fan-shaped dorsal fin, striped with dark bands on a pale yellow background. It feeds on algae and is often seen in pairs.
Did you know?
Like all surgeonfish, it has a small movable scalpel at the base of its tail, its main defence.
Source: Biology of the Acanthuridae
The Tahitian name of this species is not yet confirmed in our sources.
Tahitian names: sources being verified. French name: Chirurgien à voile.
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