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Blue tang

Paracanthurus hepatus

Photo by AustinChatham
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Blue yellow and black

Species ID Suggestions

Blue Tang or Palette Surgeonfish

Paracanthurus hepatus
sarahaw1981
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Comments (3)
Mark Ridgway
Hi Austin. It looks like Sara's suggestion is ok. If you don't disagree please update this spotting to include the scientific and common names. Thanks.
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PublishedMay 18, 2013

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