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Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Scientific name: Zebrasoma flavescens

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Chordata → Subphylum Vertebrata → Infraphylum Gnathostomata → Parvphylum Osteichthyes → Gigaclass Actinopterygii → Class Actinopteri → Subclass Teleostei → Order Acanthuriformes → Family Acanthuridae → Genus Zebrasoma

Common name: Yellow Tang
Locations: Hawaii
Group: Marine LifeFishSurgeonfishes and Tangs

Occasionally, some yellow tangs will have white patches, or be almost totally white.

Juveniles are smaller relative to their fins and have a more triangular shape.

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Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
This one has a bite taken out of it, probably by an eel
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Unusual white variant
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
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