Shorefishes - Gallery

grey, ~10 long thin dark bars

C straight/slightly concave, blunt, rear edge not white

blue, + thin wavy lines on side

juv: yellow/blue/ blue + yellow tail

Acanthurus coeruleus, Blue tang surgeonfish

grey + 2 white bars + dense white dots
C black & white

Acanthurus guttatus, Spotted surgeonfish, Whitespotted surgeonfish, Mustard tang

body yellow-brown
behind pectoral: orange bar
dark face mask

fins dark, C edge yellow

Juv yellow

Acanthurus pyroferus, Chocolate surgeonfish, Mimic surgeonfish

grey; upper head & body + thin black stripes
D,A & C black + blue edges
behind pectoral: yellow blotch

tail spine orange

Acanthurus sohal, Sohal surgeonfish, Red sea surgeonfish

uniform grey-grown

C concave tips pointed, read edge white