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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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