Blue Tang, Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus 1766)
Other Names: Wedgetail Blue Tang, Blue Surgeon, Blue Surgeonfish, Dory, Flagtail Surgeonfish, Flag-tail Surgeon-fish, Hepatus Tang, Indo-Pacific Bluetang, Palette Surgeonfish, Palette Tang, Regal Blue Surgeonfish, Regal Blue Tang, Wedgetailed Blue Tang, Wedge-tailed Tang
A Blue Tang, Paracanthurus hepatus, in the Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2016. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Paracanthurus hepatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 26 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2203
Blue Tang, Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus 1766)
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Distribution |
Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea, to the Solitary Islands, New South Wales, with juveniles to Sydney Harbour; also at Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits clear exposed outer reef areas or reef channels with consistent moderate to strong current. |
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Species Citation |
Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus 1766, Systema Naturae I: 507. Type locality: Ambon, Indonesia (as sea of the Indies). |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Blue Tang, Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus 1766)
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