NORTH NORTH and FRENCH REEF, Saturday, 6/17/17, pics

[CuzzA]

Scrawled, I like both the Filefish and the Cowfish. I think the isopod is on a Doctorfish.

Yes the tang has a few nicknames. Doctorfish is one I haven't heard before, but fits as another name for a tang is surgeon fish...

On both sides of their tail at the base, tangs have sharp little knife/scalpel like appendages they use for self defense, thus they were coined with the name Surgeon Fish.

You may know this Craig, just thought I'd point it out for those that don't.

 

[scubadada]

Yes the tang has a few nicknames. Doctorfish is one I haven't heard before, but fits as another name for a tang is surgeon fish...

On both sides of their tail at the base, tangs have sharp little knife/scalpel like appendages they use for self defense, thus they were coined with the name Surgeon Fish.

You may know this Craig, just thought I'd point it out for those that don't.

The surgeon fish and doctor fish are different , both have the lateral spines.