Pacific Sailfin Tang

Scientific Name: Zebrasoma veliferum
Family: Surgeonfishes – Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: White bars alternate with gray to brown bars, tail white to yellowish to brown without spots; greatly enlarged dorsal and anal fins are dark gray to brown with pale bands.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reefs to 45m.
Location: Pacific – Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawaii to French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.