| Powder Blue Tang | |
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 Powder Blue Tang | |
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Kingdom: |
Animalia |
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Phylum |
Chordata |
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Class: |
Actinopterygii |
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Order: |
Perciformes |
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Family: |
Acanthuridae |
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Genus: |
Acanthurus |
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Species: |
A. leucosternon |
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Binomial name: |
Acanthurus leucosternon |
Acanthurus leucosternon is a tropical fish with the common names powder blue tang and powderblue surgeonfish.
Appearance[]
The powder blue tang is light blue with yellow and white highlighted fins. Its face is a uniform black with a white outline. The fish does not undergo color changes as it matures, as some tangs, surgeonfish and unicornfish do. The species can grow to a maximum length of 25 cm.
Diet[]
The powder blue tang, like most fish in the Acanthuridae family, is omnivorous, eating mostly benthic algae.
A powder blue tang
Range[]
Acanthurus leucosternon's natural distribution is in the Indian Ocean in clear reef settings, from Indonesia andChristmas Island westward to eastern Africa to the Andaman Sea.
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