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Blue Tang

St. John Virgin Islands Marine Life: Blue Tang Acanthuridae Acanthurus

Also known as, doctor fish and surgeonfish, the blue tang is important for the coral reef community because it eats algae off of rocks and corals keeping the substrate clean and available for coral formation and keeping algae fro smothering the coral.

(Photo by Dean Hulse)