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

By Bob Fenner

 Prionurus punctatus

 

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.

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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