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Doctorfish tang

Acantharus chirurgus

Description:

Black reef fish

Habitat:

Coral reef

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Acantharus chirurgus Doctorfish tang


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2 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Thanks Livan!

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 10 years ago

Although the one pictured on the Wikipidia reference is not shown in "black" these are the same fish. They can change color and darken dramatically. There are also some parrotfish mixed in (a Queen in it's initial phase in the last pic [with the white stripe]).

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Aruba, Aruba

Spotted on Dec 31, 2013
Submitted on Jan 6, 2014

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