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CAAB: 37437033

Species Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Blue Tang, Blue Surgeon, Blue Surgeonfish, Flag-tail Surgeon-fish, Indo-pacific Bluetang, Palette Surgeonfish, Palette Tang, Wedgetailed Blue Tang

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Northern Great Barrier Reef, QLD (12°00'S) to Solitary Islands, NSW (29°56'S) and Lihou Reef, Coral Sea (17°23'S), also Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

2-25 m.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
11-Jun-2013 11-Jun-2013 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)