Acanthurus lineatus
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| Acanthurus lineatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Genus: | Acanthurus |
| Species: | A. lineatus |
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| Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Acanthurus lineatus also known as a Striped Surgeonfish, Lined Surgeonfish, or Clown Tang is a surgeonfish from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 38 cm in length. Like all tangs it is laterally compressed. It is whitish on the underside with blue and yellow-orange stripes on the upper half of its body.
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- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Acanthurus lineatus" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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