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Blue tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) 02🐟

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SpeciesPerciformesAcanthuridae
Fish

🐟Paracanthurus

Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Paracanthurus hepatus is a species of Indo-Pacific surgeonfish. A popular fish in marine aquaria, it is the only member of the genus Paracanthurus.

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Also called
Paracanthurus hepatus, Dory, Blue Surgeonfish, Blue Tang, Flagtail Surgeonfish, Hepatus Tang, Indo-Pacific Bluetang, Palette Surgeonfish, Regal Blue Surgeonfish, Wedge-tailed Tang, Wedgetail Blue Tang
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2012.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.31 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Paracanthurus

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Body length
0.31 mmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
3.4
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.4 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
venomous
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyAcanthuridae
  5. ›genusParacanthurus
  6. ›speciesParacanthurus hepatus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. subfamilyAcanthurinae
  4. genusParacanthurus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. subfamilyAcanthurinae
  11. genusParacanthurus
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In other languages
剝皮魚 (zh), Paracanthurus hepatus (fr), palettás doktorhal (hu), الهيبو تانج (ar), peix cirurgià blau indopacífic (ca), Paletten-Doktorfisch (de) … and 20 more languages
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