Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Acanthuridae > Paracanthurus > Paracanthurus hepatus

Paracanthurus hepatus (common surgeon; doctorfish; Wedge-tailed tang; Wedgetail blue tang; Regal blue surgeonfish; Palette surgeonfish; Palette surgeon; Indo-pacific bluetang; Hepatus tang; Flagtail surgeonfish; Blue tang; Blue surgeonfish; Surgeonfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Paracanthurus hepatus is a species of Indo-Pacific surgeonfish. A popular fish in marine aquaria, it is the only member of the genus Paracanthurus. A number of common names are attributed to the species, including regal tang (pronounced ting), palette surgeonfish, blue tang (leading to confusion with the Atlantic species Acanthurus coeruleus), royal blue tang, hippo tang, flagtail surgeonfish, Pacific regal blue tang, and blue surgeonfish.
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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    
Ranong   Thailand      
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Predators

Laticauda schistorhyncha (Flat-tail Sea Snake)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Neobenedenia melleni[2]
Schikhobalotrema obtusum[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 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