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Yellow Tang
Zebrasoma flaviscens
21.4103, -158.189
Field Notes
Description:
Yellow tang 5-6 inches long swimming in front of a bollard.
Habitat:
Near shore tropical waters; shipwreck artificial reef ecosystem.
Notes:
Spotted on the starboard side of the 01 level abaft the superstructure of the Mahi wreck off the coast of Leeward Oahu. Date shown is notional; actual date some time between 1991 and 1994. Also in the image are a multi-band butterflyfish, Chaetodon multicinctus, an unidentified butterflyfish and a yellow eye tang, Ctenochaetus strigosus. Original medium 35mm slide taken with Nikonos V and flash; film later scanned and image saved as digital file.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2011
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