Identification:  Color varied from light tan or brown to a dark brown or black.

Maximum Length: 7.9"

Origin: Central and South Pacific

Minimum tank size:  75 Gal.

Behavior:  One of  the most aggressive Zebrasoma species and it is very territorial.  Keep only one, unless a very large system.

Feeding and diet:  Must receive a diet rich in vegetable matter. Provide a varied diet, mostly of vegetable matter. Feed dried and frozen herbivore  foods that contain marine algae and the blue-green algae Spirilina. Supplement with dried green algae stripes daily.

Reef Compatibility:  Generally safe and desirable. Browses on filamentous microalgaes. If underfed may nip at corals.

Cautions:  Zebrasoma Tangs are very desirable fish but care must be taken of their needs and their specific behaviors. Attention needs to be given to the fact that they are prone to parasitic attacks. Feeding the right foods is important and so is paying  attention to compatibility. If you observe those few rules you will have few problems, if any, with them and will have added desirable animals to your aquarium. May be aggressive towards members of the Tang family with same body shape. If you desire to keep more than one, introduce them together or keep in a group of 3 or more.