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yellowfin tang

Acanthurus xanthopterus

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

similarly shaped achilles tang in foreground

Habitat:

rock reef

Notes:

taken with 110 film camera. Never did get a decent shot of achilles

Species ID Suggestions

Yellowfin Surgeonfish

Acanthurus xanthopterus

Reference Link
Gerardo Aizpuru
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Comments (1)
KarenSaxton
Thank you Gerardo. It's been over a decade since I was working with marine fish. I forgot about this one.

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Fish in the wild of the MidWest United States
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 21, 2012

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