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Prionurus Tangs: Too Big, Maybe Too Ugly For Aquarium Use 

Bob Fenner

 Prionurus punctatus

Surgeonfishes: Tangs for  Marine Aquariums
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A genus of Acanthurids all but ignored by the trade... Most are not that attractive, some are cool/coldwater animals, and all grow too large for anything but a huge home system.

Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes 1846), the Razor Surgeonfish. Eastern Central Pacific; Costa Rica to Columbia, Revillagigedos, Cocos, Galapagos Islands. To 32 cm. in length. Found in large groups foraging for algae on shallow reef rocks. Galapagos pic.

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Prionurus maculatus Ogilby 1887, the Yellow-Spotted Sawtail. Eastern Australia. To Eighteen inches in length. This one off of Heron Island.

Prionurus punctatus Gill 1862, Yellow-Tailed Surgeonfish. Eastern Pacific; lower Baja to El Salvador, including the Islas Revillagigedos. To two feet in length. This one off of Cabo San Lucas.

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Surgeonfishes: Tangs for  Marine Aquariums
Diversity, Selection & Care

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by Robert (Bob) Fenner
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