''Zebrasoma'' is a genus of
surgeonfish
Acanthuridae are the family of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 extant species of marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs. Many of the species are brightly colored and popular in ...
es native to the
Indian
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and
Pacific Ocean
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s. They have disc-shaped bodies and sail-like fins.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Zebrasoma desjardinii''
( E. T. Bennett, 1836) - Desjardin's sailfin tang
* ''
Zebrasoma flavescens
The yellow tang (''Zebrasoma flavescens'') is a saltwater fish species of the family Acanthuridae. It is one of the most popular marine aquarium fish. It is bright yellow in color, and it lives in reefs. The yellow tang spawn around a full m ...
''
( E. T. Bennett, 1828) - yellow tang
* ''
Zebrasoma gemmatum''
(Valenciennes
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, 1835) - gem tang
* ''
Zebrasoma rostratum
''Zebrasoma rostratum'', the longnose surgeonfish or black tang, is a marine reef tang in the fish family '' Acanthuridae''. They may live at water depths of or more. The fish grow to a maximum length of . Zebrasoma rostratum is found in the S ...
''
( Günther, 1875) - black tang
* ''
Zebrasoma scopas
''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 a ...
''
(G. Cuvier
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, 1829) - scopas tang
* ''
Zebrasoma velifer''
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, 1795) - sailfin tang
* ''
Zebrasoma xanthurum''
( Blyth, 1852) - purple tang
References
External links
Fishwatcher's Guide - ''Zebrasoma''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1551152
Acanthuridae
Venomous fish
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by William John Swainson