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title: "Powder Blue Tang"
description: "Acanthurus leucosternon — Peixes. Acanthurus leucosternon, commonly known as the blue surgeonfish, powder blue tang or powder-blue surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/powder-blue-tang
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Powder Blue Tang

> Acanthurus leucosternon — Peixes. Acanthurus leucosternon, commonly known as the blue surgeonfish, powder blue tang or powder-blue surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.

- Scientific name: *Acanthurus leucosternon*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1870
- Wikidata: [Q128785](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128785)
- iNaturalist taxon: [123269](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123269)

## Names

- en: Powder Blue Tang
- de: Weißkehl-Doktorfisch
- es: Pez Cirujano Azul Cielo
- fr: Chirurgien à poitrine blanche
- nl: Witborstdoktersvis
- pl: Pokolec białobrody

## Countries with the most observations

MV (652), TH (148), SC (128), ID (78), KE (78), TZ (76), MZ (55), IN (42), ZA (42), MM (33), LK (27), CX (25)

## Summary

Acanthurus leucosternon, commonly known as the blue surgeonfish, powder blue tang or powder-blue surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indian Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthurus_leucosternon

## Photo

![Powder Blue Tang](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/powder-blue-tang/medium.jpg)

Photo: Olly Morgan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67912974

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/powder-blue-tang?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).