Blue Tang Fish

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Theme area: Tropical aquarium

Scientific name: Acanthurus coeruleus

Class: Fish

Order: Vertebrates

Suborder: Perciformes

Family: Acanthuridae

Continent: Central America and the Caribbean

Habitat: Oceans and seas

Diet: Piscivore

Weight: n/a

Size: 30 cm

INTERESTING FACTS

Preservation of surgeonfish is critical to maintaining the health of coral reefs. Their consumption of algae on corals prevents overgrowth. Numerous experiments have proven that the reefs studied rapidly decline if the number of fish is reduced or eliminated.

Conservation

Extinct

Extinct in the wild

Critically endangered

Endangered

Vulnerable

Near threatened

Least concern

Insufficient data

Not evaluated