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Day 8:
Blonde Naso Tang / Elegant Unicornfish
(Naso elegans)
Their colors are striking - a light grey in color but with vibrant yellows & orange accents. Most noticeable is the trailing filaments on the caudal fin of the males.
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Day 6: Tomini Tang / Tomini Surgeonfish
(Ctenochaetus tominiensis)
They're the only member of their genus with angular dorsal and anal fins (the ones at the top and bottom). The outer soft portion of these fins are a bright, firey orange!
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Day 5: Convict Tang
(Acanthurus triostegus)
Not to be confused with the Zebra Tang (which has more stripes), these fish are found throughout the Pacific & Indian Oceans - from the East African coast, to Oceania, even to the west coast of Mexico.
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Day 4: Mustard Guttatus Tang / Whitespotted Surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus)
Found in reefs into Indo-Pacific, the Whitespotted Sugeonfish is commonly seen in small schools. They are known in the aquarium trade as Mustard Guttatus Tangs.
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Day 2: Clown Tang / Lined Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus lineatus)
Found in reefs in the Indo-Pacific. A territorial species; large males control well-defined feeding territories and harems of females.
They also have a venomous caudal spine!
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Day 1: Achilles Tang or Achilles Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus achilles)
Found around oceanic & offshore islands of the Pacific Ocean. As they mature, they develop their signature striking orange marking on their caudal area.
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