Zebrasoma flavescens, Yellow Tang, in a marine aquarium. Image: Scott W. Michael

Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) References
Compiled by Scott W. Michael
from CORAL Magazine, 2016, January/February, Volume 13, Number 1

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Related Terms:

• Term: turbellarian
• Term: sympatric
• Term: social
• Term: tang