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Convict Tang

Acanthurus triostegus

Photo by ErikG.H.Meade
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Field Notes

Description:

About 5 inches (13 cm) long. It is whitish-yellow with zebra-like black stripes on its sides.

Habitat:

Acanthurus triostegus is widely distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific, including Yemen, but it is not found elsewhere in the Arabian Peninsula. In the eastern Pacific it occurs from the lower Gulf of California, El Salvador to Ecuador and all the oceanic islands.

Reference Links:

Convict Tang - Acanthurus triostegus - Overview, Acanthurus triostegus

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