Scientific Name	Paracanthurus hepatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Linnaeus, 1766)	Depth	2 - 40M
Chinese	擬刺尾鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	刺尾鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F470　Acanthuridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃尾副刺尾魚
Max Length	31 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	藍倒吊、剝皮魚、藍藻魚、Dory (多莉)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Amboina
Synonyms	Acanthurus hepatus, Acanthurus theuthis, Paracanthurus theuthis, Teuthis hepatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)  Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056415. ASIZP0069880. ASIZP0074449. ASIZP0804078. ASIZP0914078. NMMBP04401. NTMP0520. NTOU-AE6043. NTUM01270. NTUM01271. NTUM01273. NTUM01274. NTUM01275. NTUM01276. NTUM01277. NTUM08500. NTUM08501. NTUM08502. NTUM08503. NTUM08504. NTUM08530. ROM39388.
Barcode	2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Palette surgeon; Regal blue surgeonfish; Palette surgeonfish; Wedge-tailed tang; Wedgetail blue tang; Blue tang; Blue surgeonfish; Indo-pacific bluetang; Flagtail surgeonfish; Hepatus tang
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays IX, 19-20 ; anal-fin rays III, 18-19 ; pectoral-fin rays 16 ; pelvic-fin rays I,3. Body bright blue with a black band curving upward from eye, broadening on body, continuing to full width of caudal peduncle, and containing a large elliptical blue aera centered above tip of pectoral fin, caudal fin yellow with broad black upper and lower margins.
habitats	Usually found in clear water on exposed outer reef areas or in channels where there is consistent moderate to strong current. Juveniles and subadults typical in groups near isolated Pocillopora eydouxi coral heads and when alarmed, hide themselves tightly
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Line Islands, north to southern Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, and Samoa. Taiwan: South, Lanyu, Lyudao.
Utility	Commercial aquarium species.