blue tang
Paracanthurus hepatus latin

A school of bright blue tangs splashed the scene with color.

Recovery rates from both minor and major injuries are very high in blue tangs.

Clients who are cleaned by blue tang benefit after suffering an injury.

When in the client role, blue tangs will pose as they enter the cleaning station.

By eating the algae off of other fish, the blue tang serve as cleaners for them.

Blue tang is the common name of several species of surgeonfish.

They often swim in schools with other species such as the Atlantic blue tang surgeonfish.

With an increase in conspecific population density, blue tang individuals become more territorial.

Wandering blue tangs also visit cleaning stations more often than those in the other modes.

Blue tangs experience three different social modes: territorial, schooling, and wandering.

In spring the blue tang pays Julian Rocks a visit.

Schooling fish form compact groups with other blue tangs in addition to other species.

Its common names are powder blue tang and powderblue surgeonfish.

The blue tang's flippers are the most inspected area.

The powder blue tang is rarely harvested for anything other than the marine aquarium industry.

A female Blue Tang miraculously survived despite spending several hours outside of water.

However, regal blue tangs are collected commercially for the aquarium trade.

The predominant fish are clownfish as well as blue tang.

They swim slower and feed more frequently than non-territorial blue tangs.

Dan spotted a longnose butterfly, a blue tang, and gray angels.

But the small swells were perfect for playing in, and eventually we found blue tang and little schools of sergeant major fish.

Atlantic blue tangs engage in cleaning behaviors with other fish as both cleaners and clients.

Blue Tangs are a glorious electric blue colour, with a bright yellow tail.

Blue tangs almost exclusively pose through head stands.

Juvenile blue tangs are aggressive in territory defense.