Acanthurus pyroferus

Acanthurus pyroferus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Acanthuridae
Genus:	Acanthurus
Species:	A. pyroferus
Binomial name
Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834

Acanthurus pyroferus is a Tang from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 25 cm in length. Also known as the mimic tang or chocolate tang. It gets the common aquarium trade name, mimic tang, from the juvenile stage mimicking the coloration of pygmy angelfish around it.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Acanthurus pyroferus" in FishBase. December 2008 version.

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