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Indian Sailfin Tang

Zebrasoma desjardinii

Classification

Zebrasoma desjardinii, commonly known as the Red Sea sailfin tang, Desjardin's sailfin tang or the Indian sailfin tang, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Acanthuridae (the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs). It is found in the Indian Ocean. Taxonomy Zebrasoma desjardinii was first formally described in 1836 as Acanthurus desjardinii by the English zoologist Edward Turner Bennett with its type locality given as Mauritius.

Distribution

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