Scientific Name	Zebrasoma flavescens   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bennett, 1828)	Depth	2 - 46M
Chinese	黃高鰭刺尾鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	刺尾鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F470　Acanthuridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃高鰭刺尾魚
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	三角倒吊
Distribution in World	Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Hawaiian Island
Synonyms	Acanthurus flavescens
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Bennett, E. T. 1828 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	NMMBP00483. NMMBP01683. NTUM01290. NTUM01291. NTUM01292. NTUM08505.
Common Name	Somber surgeonfish; Yellow sailfin tang; Yellow tang; Lemon sailfin
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays IV-V, 23-26 ; anal-fin rays III, 19-22 ; pectoral-fin rays 14-16. A dense patch of bristle-like setae posteriorly on side of body, becoming more prominent with growtn; dorsal fin very elevated caudal fin truncate. Body bright yellow, sheath of caudal pedunelar spine white; a tilted horizontal band may showed denser yellow on side of body.
habitats	An inshore coral-reef species that browses on filamentous algae from hard surfaces. A popular aquarium fish and the top marine fish export from Hawaii. Group spawning and pair-spawning by territorial males that court passing females were observed.
Distribution	Pacific Ocean: Ryukyu, Mariana, Marshall, Marcus, Wake and Hawaiian islands. Taiwan: South, Lanyuy, Lyudao.
Utility	Commercial aquarium species.