Japanese Surgeonfish Acanthurus japonicus

Japanese Surgeonfish
Japanese Surgeonfish
Japanese Surgeonfish
The Japanese Surgeonfish or Tang, also called the White-faced Surgeonfish, is native to reefs of the Western Pacific ocean from southern Japan to Indonesia.
Japanese Surgeonfish courting
Japanese Surgeonfish
Japanese Surgeonfish
This pair were swimming fast in a circle. It can grow to some 20 cm long.
Japanese Surgeonfish
Japanese Surgeonfish
Japanese Surgeonfish
Like others of its genus, diet is mainly algae.