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What is El Niño?
A new El Niño event, described as “very strong”, is set to occur from this spring onwards.
Identity card
Yellow tang
- Scientific name:
- Zebrasoma flavescens
- Family:
- Acanthuridae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- Bennett, 1828
- IUCN Status:
- Least Concern
- Distribution:
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Central and Western Pacific: Hawaii, Japan, Philippines, Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, Wake Island, Taiwan.
- Habitat:
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Coastal coral reefs, lagoons, sheltered bays, between 2 and 46 metres deep.
- Size:
Up to 20 cm.
- Diet:
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Herbivore: filamentous algae.
