Yellow tang - 114°E HK Reef Fish

Yellow tang

Characteristics

Feeds on algae.
Recorded to live to 41 years old in the wild.

Description

Body yellow.
A white, scalpel-like spine on each side of caudal peduncle.

Common Name: Yellow tang

Family Common Name: Surgeonfishes

Family: Acanthuridae

Scientific Name: Zebrasoma flavescens___(Bennett, 1828)

Genus: Zebrasoma

Maximum Length: 20 cm (Total Length)

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未評估

Not Evaluated (ne)

數據缺乏

Data Deficient (dd)

無危

Least Concern (lc)

近危

Near Threatened (nt)

易危

Vulnerable (vu)

瀕危

Endangered (en)

極危

Critically Endangered (cr)

絕滅

Extinct (ex)