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title: "Yellow Tang"
description: "Zebrasoma flavescens — Peixes. The yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), also known as the lemon sailfin, yellow sailfin tang or somber surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/yellow-tang
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow Tang

> Zebrasoma flavescens — Peixes. The yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), also known as the lemon sailfin, yellow sailfin tang  or somber surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.

- Scientific name: *Zebrasoma flavescens*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa), `zoo` (Zoo e animais de estimação)
- iNaturalist observations: 3590
- Wikidata: [Q900868](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q900868)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52459](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52459)

## Names

- en: Yellow Tang
- de: Gelber Segelflossendoktor
- es: Pez cirujano amarillo del Pacífico
- fr: Chirurgien jaune
- nl: Gele zeilvindoktersvis
- pl: Zebrasoma żółta

## Countries with the most observations

US (2466), GU (54), MP (35), UM (20), MH (5), JP (3)

## Summary

The yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), also known as the lemon sailfin, yellow sailfin tang  or somber surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. Bright yellow in color, this Pacific reef fish is also one of the most popular marine aquarium fish. The yellow tang spawns around a full moon, eats algae, and has a white barb located just before the tail fin to protect itself.

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

## Photo

![Yellow Tang](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-tang/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67073812

## Machine access

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