Species profile—Paracanthurus hepatus (blue tang)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Acanthuridae (surgeonfishes) → Paracanthurus hepatus (blue tang)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Acanthuridae (surgeonfishes)
- Scientific name
- Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Common name
- blue tang
- WildNet taxon ID
- 33548
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=33548.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
