Cortez tangs
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Yellowtail Surgeonfish, Prionurus punctatus: The Yellowtail Surgeonfish has an overall gray appearance with its entire body being covered with dense small black spots. It has a bright yellow tail making for an easy identification. The Yellowtail Surgeonfish has a dark bar running horizontally through the eye and another through the shoulder. It has three pairs of white bony scalpel-like plates along the sides of the tail base.
The Yellowtail Surgeonfish reaches 23 inches in length and up to 5 pounds in weight, but it is rare and exceedingly difficult to catch as it is a primarily finicky nibbler. When hooked the Yellowtail Surgeonfish makes a fierce foe, especially on light tackle. It is a schooling fish found adjacent to rocky reefs at depths up to 100 feet in the water column. The Yellowtail Surgeonfish is very similar to the Razor Surgeonfish, Prionurus laticlavius (a few small dense black spots around the tail base).
The Yellowtail Surgeonfish is a member of the Acanthuridae Family which includes Sawtails, Surgeonfishes, Tangs and Unicorns which collectively are known in Mexico as cirujanos. They are reef fishes with oval compressed bodies with disproportionately small mouths, and they are easily recognized by the presence of three to six pairs of bony plates with cutting keels along the middle of the tail base.
These spines provide these fishes with a unique defense mechanism rendering them “dangerous” to handle as the spine can inflict major slashing wounds, hence the name "surgeonfish." They each have eight or nine dorsal fin spines. They are primarily herbivorous fishes grazing on algae found on rocks. Globally, six species of the Prionurus Genus have been identified with two species found in Mexican waters.
Yellowtail Surgeonfish, Prionurus punctatus: The Yellowtail Surgeonfish has an overall gray appearance with its entire body being covered with dense small black spots. It has a bright yellow tail making for an easy identification. The Yellowtail Surgeonfish has a dark bar running horizontally through the eye and another through the shoulder. It has three pairs of white bony scalpel-like plates along the sides of the tail base.
The Yellowtail Surgeonfish reaches 23 inches in length and up to 5 pounds in weight, but it is rare and exceedingly difficult to catch as it is a primarily finicky nibbler. When hooked the Yellowtail Surgeonfish makes a fierce foe, especially on light tackle. It is a schooling fish found adjacent to rocky reefs at depths up to 100 feet in the water column. The Yellowtail Surgeonfish is very similar to the Razor Surgeonfish, Prionurus laticlavius (a few small dense black spots around the tail base).
The Yellowtail Surgeonfish is a member of the Acanthuridae Family which includes Sawtails, Surgeonfishes, Tangs and Unicorns which collectively are known in Mexico as cirujanos. They are reef fishes with oval compressed bodies with disproportionately small mouths, and they are easily recognized by the presence of three to six pairs of bony plates with cutting keels along the middle of the tail base.
These spines provide these fishes with a unique defense mechanism rendering them “dangerous” to handle as the spine can inflict major slashing wounds, hence the name "surgeonfish." They each have eight or nine dorsal fin spines. They are primarily herbivorous fishes grazing on algae found on rocks. Globally, six species of the Prionurus Genus have been identified with two species found in Mexican waters.