Brown Tang (Acanthurus nigrofuscus) ナガニザ – Dusky Surgeonfish – size 21cm – Ma’i’i’i – Lavender Tang
The Brown Tang is mainly brown with purplish fins in the back half. It has a black spot at the back of the dorsal fin and a smaller one at the back of the anal fin. Amami 2025
A Brown Tang in Hawaii. Kauai 2013
This is a young Brown Tang. The Adults can also be very dark. The orange spots can be hard to see on some of them. Amami 2026
The orange spots on the Brown Tang can be very hard to see. If they start swimming away, their body turns dark and the spots disappear. Amami 2026