Palette Surgeonfish

Scientific Name: Paracanthurus hepatus
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 31cm
Identification: Brilliant blue head and body with dramatic black hook-shaped marking, yellow tail with black borders.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Young hide in branching corals. Usually on clear, current swept outer reefs in 2-25m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Indonesia, Micronesia, Samoa, New Caledonia and Line I. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.