Acanthurus coeruleus

Taxobox
name = Acanthurus coeruleus

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image_width = 200px
status = LC
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Acanthuridae
genus = "Acanthurus"
species = "A. coeruleus"
binomial = "Acanthurus coeruleus"
binomial_authority = Bloch & Schneider, 1801.

Acanthurus coeruleus also known as the Atlantic blue tang surgeonfish (or the blue tang for short, leading to easy confusion with the Indo-Pacific "Paracanthurus hepatus") is a surgeonfish found commonly in the Atlantic ocean.

Description

Although the body of the fish can vary in shaded from light to dark blue, both the dorsal fin and the anal fin are covered in bright blue on their edges. Their colors change during growth from a yellow juvenile and the blue adult phase.

Distribution

"Acanthurus coeruleus" is common off of Florida, the Bahamas, and other places in the Caribbean sea. It is also common in the Gulf of Mexico. they are found south to Brazil and north to New York and eat krill

References

*REEF FISH Identification FLORIDA CARIBBEAN BAHAMAS; Humann, Paul, and Ned Deloach; New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Fl; pp. 32-33
*IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 28 September 2007.