Image: Acanthurus coeruleus (blue tang) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 5 (15962615858)
Description: Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 - blue tang at a patch reef. (photo by Scott Bair) Blue tangs are a type of doctorfish that range from pale blue to dark blue to black with dark blue peripheries. The coral is Dendrogyra cylindrus (pillar coral). Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Acanthuridae Locality: patch reef offshore from San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas
Title: Acanthurus coeruleus (blue tang) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 5 (15962615858)
Credit: Acanthurus coeruleus (blue tang) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 5
Author: James St. John
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