We encounter three species of surgeonfish on Bonaire's reefs. Often, several species swarm together in a sort of blue feeding frenzy, as they graze algae off the reef.
The name surgeonfish comes from the sharp (knife-like) projection at the base of their tails. The bottom photo is a blue tang (no white band on tail, and no bars across body). The middle photo features a doctorfish (with body bars and a white band at the base of tail). The top photo is a swarm of mostly blue tang.
The ocean surgeonfish also occurs here. It looks like the doctorfish, but has no body bars.
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