The story for kids
This is a blue tang, also called a surgeonfish. Near its tail it has a sharp spine, like a doctor's knife, and that's how it got its name. All day long it nibbles the algae off the rocks.
Facts
- It has a knife-sharp spine near its tail, which is why it is called a surgeonfish.
- It nibbles algae off the rocks all day long.
- At night it sleeps in cracks in the coral.
Numbers
- Size
- ~20 cm
- Eats
- Algae