 |
 |
HAS
MOVED! Click Here to enter |
||||||
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Sailfin Tang
Information resourced and
researched from
"Tropical Marine Aquaria"
by Graham.F.Cox.
Published by Treasure Press
© The Hamlyn Publishing Group
Remarkable variation occurs in colouration of this species over its range. Indo-Pacific specimens have a complicated colouration, whereas those from the Central Pcific (the East Indies) have the simpler bleack and white alternate barring. The Indo-Pacific race is generally tougher then the race from the Central-Pacific, although the latter is quite hardy and specimens will live for well over seven years if purchased as young as 2 or 3in (5 or 7cm) fishes.
Large specimens of this species become very active in the early evening, a period which in the wild probably coincides with the heaviest feed of the day. It would thus be cruel to house a Sailfin Tang, or any other semi-palagic species, in an aquarium which was not...
Gold Members - Click Here to continue
Not a Gold Member but want to know more? Click Here for more information.
