View Full Version : Pictures of tangs (surgeonfish)?
dvups1
08/27/2003, 10:49 PM
Does anyone know a good internet site where I can go to and ID a small surgeon fish I just got? It is dark gray (almost black) with thin blue lines running the length of it's body.
mikrok
08/27/2003, 10:52 PM
online fish store?
http://www.liveaquaria.com
http://www.themarinecenter.com
http://wetwebmedia.com/marine/fishes/part2.htm
does it look like an acanthurs, zebrosoma, ctenochaetus????
dvups1
08/27/2003, 11:06 PM
mikrok,
It is an Acanthurus
mikrok
08/28/2003, 10:50 AM
any other markings on the body? around the caudal spine/tail area?
mikrok
08/28/2003, 10:53 AM
http://fishbase.org/NomenClature/ScientificNameSearchList.cfm?Crit1_FieldName=SYNONYMS.SynGenus&Crit1_FieldType=CHAR&Crit1_Operator=EQUAL&Crit1_Value=acanthurus&Crit2_FieldName=SYNONYMS.SynSpecies&Crit2_FieldType=CHAR&Crit2_Operator=contains&Crit2_Value=&group=summary&backstep=-2
peruse through there....
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