Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Acanthuridae > Zebrasoma > Zebrasoma scopas

Zebrasoma scopas (Bluelined sailfin tang; Yellow sailfin tang; Twotone tang; Two-tone surgeonfish; Brushtail tang; Brown tang; Brown sailing tang; Brown sailfish surgeonfish; Brown sailfin surgeonfish; Brown saiffin tang; Blue-lined tang; Brown sailfin tang)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Zebrasoma scopas, the brown tang, twotone tang, scopas tang or brush-tail tang, is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae. The brown tang is found throughout Oceania and is a herbivorous fish, feeding predominantly on filamentous algae. It is a highly popular fish in the aquarium trade.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

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♦ 1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0