Sealife guideThe powder blue tangAcanthurus leucosternon

Taxonomy

Common name: Powder blue tang, powder blue surgeonfish
French name: Poisson chirurgien à poitrine blanche
Scientific name: Acanthurus leucosternon (Bennett, 1833)
Family name: Acanthuridae
Order name: Acanthuriformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The powder blue tang is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The powder blue tang appears in the IUCN Red List since 2012 within the category Least Concern !

The powder blue tang (Acanthurus leucosternon) © Aquanaut4 | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Japanese surgeonfish
(Acanthurus japonicus)

Black-spot surgeonfish
(Acanthurus bariene)

Blue tang surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)

Ocean tang
(Acanthurus bahianus)

Orangeband surgeonfish
(Acanthurus olivaceus)

Yellowmask surgeonfish
(Acanthurus mata)

Striped surgeonfish
(Acanthurus lineatus)

Sohal surgeonfish
(Acanthurus sohal)

Within the same family

Humpback unicornfish
(Naso brachycentron)

Orangespine unicornfish
(Naso lituratus)

Bluetail unicornfish
(Naso caeruleacauda)

Paletail unicornfish
(Naso brevirostris)

Kole tang
(Ctenochaetus strigosus)

Sailfin tang
(Zebrasoma velifer)

Indian sailfin surgeonfish
(Zebrasoma desjardinii)

Palette surgeonfish
(Paracanthurus hepatus)

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Moon wrasse
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(Asterropteryx striata)

Goldentail moray
(Gymnothorax miliaris)

Sabre squirrelfish
(Sargocentron spiniferum)

Oval spot butterflyfish
(Chaetodon speculum)

Pinecone soldierfish
(Myripristis murdjan)

Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)

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