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Haivaiian Fishes 



THE TANG, SURGEON FISH, OR 

 DOCTOR FISH FAMILY 



104 Family Hepatidae (Acanthuridae, Teuthididae) 



The family of the surgeon fishes is of interest to us because of a 

 peculiar bony plate or spine which they bear on the sides of their tails. 

 In these fishes the teeth are flat and incisor-like and the scales which 

 cover the body are reduced to a fine shagreen. Although most of the 

 members of the family are of dull or sombre colors, a few of the species 

 are brilliantly marked. 



The young of these fishes are most different from the adults and are 

 often nearly impossible to recognize. 



All of the members of the family are herbivorous and inhabit the 

 pools and reefs of the warmer seas. 



Of more than eighty known species, more than twenty are known 

 from the Hawaiian Islands. 



Manini or Convict Fish 



Also known as the Convict Tang or Hinalea 



104-1 Hepatiis triostegus (Linne) 



From Jordan & Evermonn 



